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Little Boy
Little Boy
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Description: In 1935 a small boy is found in a mine in what is known as the Belgian Congo. It is a time of ferment; nefarious forces are at play. Against this backdrop the boy's discovery draws the attention of men of distinction across the globe scientists politicians and army men. Soon enough a race begins to bring the boy into safe custody. After a tortuous journey by train through the continent of Africa the boy travels by ship to New York where he is taken into the care of the United States Army. From here our diminutive hero will become swept up in a narrative not of his own making a narrative that will lead him into the heart of one of the most devastating events of the twentieth century. Audacious in its conceit thrillingly readable and profoundly humane Little Boy is a novel of science and politics of men and war of compassion and becoming. In prose of baffled grace it weaves a path through some of the darkest moments in our collective history. Its ending will leave you like its protagonist suspended in mid - air stunned by the awful things that men have put forth into the world.
Title: Little Boy
Author(s): Smith John
Publisher: Uea Publishing Project
Barcode: 9781913861063
Pages: 200 Pages
Publication Date: 4/29/2022
Category: Modern & Contemporary Fiction
Description: In 1935 a small boy is found in a mine in what is known as the Belgian Congo. It is a time of ferment; nefarious forces are at play. Against this backdrop the boy's discovery draws the attention of men of distinction across the globe scientists politicians and army men. Soon enough a race begins to bring the boy into safe custody. After a tortuous journey by train through the continent of Africa the boy travels by ship to New York where he is taken into the care of the United States Army. From here our diminutive hero will become swept up in a narrative not of his own making a narrative that will lead him into the heart of one of the most devastating events of the twentieth century. Audacious in its conceit thrillingly readable and profoundly humane Little Boy is a novel of science and politics of men and war of compassion and becoming. In prose of baffled grace it weaves a path through some of the darkest moments in our collective history. Its ending will leave you like its protagonist suspended in mid - air stunned by the awful things that men have put forth into the world.
Title: Little Boy
Author(s): Smith John
Publisher: Uea Publishing Project
Barcode: 9781913861063
Pages: 200 Pages
Publication Date: 4/29/2022
Category: Modern & Contemporary Fiction