Warlight

Author(s): Ondaatje, Michael,
Binding: Paperback,
Date of Publication: 04/04/2019,
Pagination: 304 pages,
Series: N/A,
Imprint: Vintage,
Published By: Vintage Publishing,
Book Classification: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Historical fiction
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9781784708344
Description: 

An elegiac novel set in post-WW2 London about memory, family secrets and lies, from the internationally acclaimed author of The English Patient.

It is 1945, and London is still reeling from the Blitz. 14-year-old Nathaniel and his sister, Rachel, are apparently abandoned by their parents, left in the care of an enigmatic figure named The Moth. They suspect he might be a criminal, and grow both more convinced and less concerned as they get to know his eccentric crew of friends: men and women all who seem determined to protect Rachel and Nathaniel.

But are they really what and who they claim to be? A dozen years later, Nathaniel journeys through recollection, reality and imagination to uncover all he didn't know or understand in that time, to piece together a story that feels something like the truth. 

LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2018.