Hiroshima Joe: A NovelPicador, 2013 M10 8 - 304 pages One of the most powerful novels about the experience of war, first published in 1985 |
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... roof of the hotel , lived the gardener . He slept there in a folding camp - bed , his belongings stored in two small apple crates and a cheap suitcase which he secured by parcelling it up with a length of chain and a brass padlock . It ...
... roof of the hotel , lived the gardener . He slept there in a folding camp - bed , his belongings stored in two small apple crates and a cheap suitcase which he secured by parcelling it up with a length of chain and a brass padlock . It ...
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... roof , was not long in coming . He put his hand out to hail it and the conductor yanked on the silver grid gate at the front entrance of the vehicle . Sand- ingham boarded the bus and sat down on a wooden slat seat . The conductor ...
... roof , was not long in coming . He put his hand out to hail it and the conductor yanked on the silver grid gate at the front entrance of the vehicle . Sand- ingham boarded the bus and sat down on a wooden slat seat . The conductor ...
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... roof , the boat was bathed in brilliant sunlight but it was no longer hot . The movement of the ferry had caused a soft breeze to blow across the deck , which was to Sandingham's advantage . He did not want to appear SPRING 1952 31.
... roof , the boat was bathed in brilliant sunlight but it was no longer hot . The movement of the ferry had caused a soft breeze to blow across the deck , which was to Sandingham's advantage . He did not want to appear SPRING 1952 31.
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... roof . Silhouetted along the skyline of The Peak , and the ridge running eastward from it , were the blocks of flats and private houses of the very rich or very fortunate , or an amalgam of the two . He could see , creeping up the ...
... roof . Silhouetted along the skyline of The Peak , and the ridge running eastward from it , were the blocks of flats and private houses of the very rich or very fortunate , or an amalgam of the two . He could see , creeping up the ...
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