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 The Welsh Girl - Peter Ho Davies
Newest Review: ... in Snowdonia in 1944. She is in her late teens and works part time in the local pub where they serve the 'sappers', the ... more  ... English army boys who have come to develop the old holiday camp into what is suspected to be a POW camp. The village is Welsh speaking, and Esther's good grasp of English is useful. The other people we hear the stories of are Captain Jospeh Rotherham, a German Jewish refugee working with British Intelligence who is given the opportunity to question Rudolph Hess, the infamous Nazi prisoner who is being held in Wales. Then there is Karstan, a young German soldier, who surrenders to the British on the beaches of Normand...more |
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The Welsh Girl - Peter Ho Davies: Get Lost in Wales (655 words)
by - written on 06/03/09 (Very useful, 129 readings)
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The Welsh Girl is the debut novel of Welsh-Chinese author Peter Ho Davies. It was longlisted for the MAN Booker Prize in 2007 and was picked up by Richard & Judy's Book Club in 2008. Having read good reviews of it in the newspapers last year I picked it up in Waterstones as part of their 3 for 2 instructions (I know I don't HAVE to buy three books every time I go in there, I just can't say no). Because I buy so many books it does take me a while to get round to reading them, so I am doing quite well to have read this so soon after purchase! The novel has three main characters and we are each told their stories, although there is not an equal split ... Read the complete review
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