After the War (MacLehose Press Editions #6)

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Synopsis
1950's Bordeaux. Even now, the Second World War is never far from people's memories, particularly in a city where the scars of collaboration and resistance are more keenly felt than ever. But another war has already begun. A war without a name, far away across the sea, in Algeria, where young men are sent to fight in a brutal conflict.Daniel knows what awaits him. He's heard stories. Patrols, ambushes, reprisals, massacres, mutilations, all beneath a burning north African sun. He has just a month left before he leaves but, haunted by the loss of his parents and sister in the atrocities of the last war, Daniel questions why he is even going to fight in the first place.Meanwhile, past crimes are returning to haunt Albert Darlac, the godfather of Bordeaux: corrupt police chief, fascist sympathiser and one-time collaborator. Before long, a series of explosive events will set off a spiral of violence that will bring the horrific legacy of wars past and present to the streets of Bordeaux.Translated from the French by Sam Taylor
Copyright:
2014

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Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:
9780857053824
Related ISBNs:
9780857053893
Publisher:
Quercus
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Copyrighted By:
Editions Payot & Rivages *
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
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No
Categories:
History, Nonfiction, Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
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Bookshare Staff
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This is a copyrighted book.
Translator:
Sam Taylor

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