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Warlight / Michael Ondaatje.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780525521198
- ISBN: 0525521194
- Physical Description: 289 pages ; 22 cm
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2018.
- Copyright: ©2018
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Awards Note: | Longlisted for the 2018 Man Booker Prize. |
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| Genre: | Historical fiction. Thrillers (Fiction) Spy fiction. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Festus Public Library | Fic Ondaatje (Text) | 32017000077166 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
