The Secret Purposes
$33.26
- Paperback
416 pages
- Release Date
31 July 2005
Summary
THE SECRET PURPOSES, David Baddiel’s third novel, takes us into a little-known and still somewhat submerged area of British history: the internment of German Jewish refugees on the Isle of Man during the Second World War.
Isaac Fabian, on the run with his young family from Nazism in East Prussia, comes to Britain assuming he has found asylum, but instead finds himself drowning in the morass of ignorance, half-truth, prejudice, and suspicion that makes up government at…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349117461 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0349117462 |
| Author: | David Baddiel |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Edition: | New edition |
| Release Date: | 31 July 2005 |
| Weight: | 280g |
| Dimensions: | 134mm x 212mm x 28mm |
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Wonderful … brilliantly realised
An intriguing novel about history and truth … The intelligence and inquiry of this book will surprise many - THE TIMES
Wonderful … brilliantly realised - INDEPENDENTIt is a sombre, clever book, but, being Baddiel, is irradiated by flashes of dark humour - Sally Vickers, SPECTATORDavid Baddiel’s excellent new novel … Sensitive, intelligent and deeply moving, THE SECRET PURPOSES is both a gripping read and a long overdue indictment of Britain’s treatment of Jewish refugees - IMAGEAbout The Author
David Baddiel
Co-creator of three of the BBC’s most successful comedy programmes, David Baddiel has proved himself an accomplished novelist (and critic) too.
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