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The Heat of the Day (Twentieth Century Classics)
The Heat of the Day - Twentieth Century Classics
Author: Elizabeth Bowen
In The Heat of the Day, Elizabeth Bowen brilliantly recreates the tense and dangerous atmosphere of London during the bombing raids of World War II. — Many people have fled the city, and those who stayed behind find themselves thrown together in an odd intimacy born of crisis. Stella Rodney is one of those who chose to stay. But for...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780140183016
ISBN-10: 0140183019
Publication Date: 12/7/1990
Pages: 336
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Publisher: Penguin Classics
Book Type: Paperback
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Set in post Battle of Britain, a widow is playing house with an apparent traitor. She is also besought by his pursuer. Sound interesting? Well......, maybe not. This seems to be the entire plot, but it is more about relationships than spying. As for other characters she has a son in the Army who inherits from an uncle a castle in Ireland while his wife bides her time in an "institution." Traitor has a dysfunctional family. The G-man at the onset, meets another Army wife who keeps popping into the novel, to what ultimate purpose I have not discovered.
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