With the Nazis bombing London on a nightly basis, many workingclass families sent their children to the comparative safety of the countryside. When the Blitz ended, the families came for their kids . . . but no one ever came for Simon Thorn. His name appears on no list of the evacuated children. And none of his meagre belongings offer any clues to his origins.Now an adult, newly moved to London, Simon is puzzled by an odd sense of familiarity when he walks down certain streets. He remembers his years of terrible nightmaresnightmares that would cause him to wake up screaming, terrifying his bewildered foster parents. And he resolves, once and for all, to find out where he originally came from . . . even as everything he uncovers suggests that, really, he doesnt want to know.Widely praised for his deliciously, maliciously witty mysteries, the multiawardwinning Robert Barnard takes a decidedly different tack in this fascinating novel of wartime London and the dark side of identity.An engrossing tale of a mans search for his identity and his discovery of an alarming past Publishers WeeklyThere are shrewd characterisations and villains aplenty in this oddly affecting tale TimeBarnard untangles his riddle with great skill, and I suspect he is going to outwit all but a handful of readers New York Times

Binding: Paperback;184 pages; Publisher: Pan Macmillan; Classification: FF; Weight: 420 g; Dimensions: 236 x 152 x 15

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