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Warlight / Michael Ondaatje.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Fiction Ondaat Warlig
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Van Pelt Library PR9199.3.O5 W37 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ondaatje, Michael, 1943- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Siblings--Fiction.
- Siblings.
- Brothers and sisters.
- History.
- Great Britain.
- London (England)--Fiction.
- London (England).
- Abandoned children--Fiction.
- Abandoned children.
- World War, 1939-1945--Secret service--England--Fiction.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Great Britain--History--George VI, 1936-1952--Fiction.
- War fiction.
- World War, 1939-1945--Fiction.
- Local Subjects:
- War fiction.
- World War, 1939-1945--Fiction.
- Abandoned children--Fiction.
- London (England)--Fiction.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Spy fiction.
- Bildungsromans.
- Historical fiction.
- Thrillers (Fiction.)
- Physical Description:
- 289 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2018]
- Summary:
- Just after World War II, 14-year-old Nathaniel and his older sister Rachel stay behind in London when their parents move to Singapore, leaving them in the care of a mysterious figure named The Moth. They suspect he might be a criminal, and they grow both more convinced and less concerned as they come to know his eccentric crew of friends: men and women joined by a shared history of unspecified service during the war, all of whom seem, in some way, determined now to protect, and educate (in rather unusual ways) Rachel and Nathaniel. But are they really what and who they claim to be? And what does it mean when the siblings' mother returns after months of silence without their father, explaining nothing, excusing nothing? A dozen years later, Nathaniel begins to uncover all that he didn't know and understand in that time.
- Just after World War II, Nathaniel and his older sister Rachel stay behind in London when their parents move to Singapore, leaving them in the care of a mysterious figure named The Moth and his eccentric crew of friends. These friends are men and women joined by a shared history of unspecified service during the war, all of whom seem, in some way, determined now to protect and educate Rachel and Nathaniel. Their mother returns after months of silence-- without their father, explaining nothing. A dozen years later, Nathaniel begins to uncover all that he didn't know and understand in that time.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Green fund bookplate.
- ISBN:
- 9780525521198
- 0525521194
- OCLC:
- 1013764518
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