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Fans of historical fiction and adventure will relish every minute of this harrowing story of courage during wartime. Recommended for fans of Joseph O’Connor’s My Father’s House.
If Tocqueville had written a police thriller, it might look something like this engrossing and wryly humorous but also deeply serious work. For fans of Miller and his previous works (e.g., The Girl in Green), which were deservedly acclaimed. [See Prepub Alert, 10/22/17.]
The writing here is superb, as are narrator Will Damron's emotional inflections. Highly recommended. ["Not to be missed…a compelling combination of literate storytelling and action-packed thriller, laced with humor"; LJ 12/16 starred review of the Harcourt hc.]
Not to be missed, this is a compelling combination of literate storytelling and action-packed thriller laced with humor. [See Prepub Alert, 7/18/16; library promotion.]
In this fiction debut, Miller (senior fellow, UN Institute for Disarmament Research) has written both an exciting chase thriller and a poignant story about a man who comes into his own again in his dotage. The book occasionally verges on schmaltz, but it's bigger and better than this minor failing. The many admirers of Scandinavian crime novels will enjoy this big-hearted first novel, which embeds social commentary although it doesn't wear its political persuasions on its sleeve.