Warlight / Michael Ondaatje.
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TextPublisher: London, England : Jonathan Cape, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Description: 289 pages ; 22 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781787330726; 1787330729Subject(s): Abandoned children - Fiction | Brothers and sisters - Fiction | Abandoned children | Brothers and sisters | Brothers and sisters -- Fiction | Abandoned children -- Fiction | World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- England -- Fiction | FICTION / Literary | FICTION / War & Military | FICTION / Coming of Age | Brothers and sisters -- Fiction | England -- London | London (England) -- Fiction | Great Britain -- History -- George VI, 1936-1952 -- FictionGenre/Form: Fiction. | Historical fiction. | Historical fiction. | Bildungsromans. | Spy fiction. DDC classification: 823.92 LOC classification: PR9199.3.O5 | W37 2018bOther classification: 18.07 Summary: 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.
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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.
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