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Mr. Jones
Engelsk Hardback
Mr. Jones
Engelsk Hardback

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Winner, Margaret Laurence Award for FictionShortlisted, McNally Robinson Book of the Year and Relit Award (Novel)Award-winning author Margaret Sweatman has proven herself a virtuoso writer of historical fiction. Yet nothing she has written can prepare you for Mr. Jones. Emmett Jones is adrift. Having firebombed civilians as a pilot during World War II, Emmett searches for something to cling to when life loses focus. Post-war, he becomes compulsively drawn to John Norfield, a former POW who has found his focus in communism. Set in a time of rampant paranoia, Mr. Jones peels back the veneer of Canadian politics to reveal a nation willing to sacrifice its own. It is a fearful time, a time of "peace" at the onset of the nuclear age. Emmett''s existence comes under scrutiny. His relationship with Norfield makes him a target of security forces. His marriage, his job, even his child are the target of investigation. And as the nuclear arms race heats up, Mr. Jones sets himself on a path that will risk the lives of everyone he holds dear. Evoking the classic works of le Carré and Greene, Sweatman''s novel is a shattering exploration of a past where world governments threaten annihilation while training housewives in the proper techniques for sweeping up radioactive dust.
Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
484
ISBN-13:
9780864929143
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0864929145
Udg. Dato:
16 sep 2014
Længde:
39mm
Bredde:
127mm
Højde:
203mm
Forlag:
Goose Lane Editions
Oplagsdato:
16 sep 2014
Forfatter(e):
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