by David Evered
Family history and fiction combine in this tale of a journalist’s quest to unpick the mystery around his soldier father, who disappeared when he was small.
Inspired by the author’s real-life discovery of his own dad’s Second World War diary, the plot flits between 1940s Germany and London in 1989, cleverly interweaving the British and German perspectives of the last months of the conflict and the reconstruction period.
A highly readable tale that explores how the tides of war – and individual decisions – ripple down the generations.
Review: Becky Clark, Soldier
