Darkness Falls from the Air
$29.30
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
1 November 2015
Summary
The classic novel of the London Blitz, DARKNESS FALLS FROM THE AIR captures the chaos, absurdity and ultimately the tragedy of life during the bombardment.
Bill Sarratt is a civil servant working on the war effort. Thwarted at every turn by bureaucracy and the vested interests of big business, the seemingly unflappable Bill is also on the verge of losing his wife Marcia to a literary poseur named Stephen. As the bombs continue to fall, Bill must decide whether he his willing to compro…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781474601184 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1474601189 |
| Author: | Nigel Balchin |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 1 November 2015 |
| Weight: | 201g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 20mm |
| Series: | Cassell Military Paperbacks |
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One of the hopes of British novel-writing … A writer of genius
The missing writer of the forties
Balchin writes about timeless things, the places in the heartProse barer than Heningway’sA superb storyteller - SUNDAY TIMESAbout The Author
Nigel Balchin
Nigel Balchin was born in 1908 and graduated in Natural Science from Cambridge University. During the Second World War he worked as a psychologist in the personnel section of the British War Office, before becoming Deputy Scientific Advisor to the Army Council. He wrote numerous books, including How to Run a Bassoon Factory (under the pseudonym Mark Spade), and Darkness Falls from the Air. He died in 1970.
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