Paper Moon meets the Blitz in this original black comedy, set in World War II England, chronicling an unlikely alliance between a small time con artist and a young orphan evacuee.
When Noel Bostockâaged ten, no familyâis evacuated from London to escape the Nazi bombardment, he lands in a suburb northwest of the city with Vera Sedgeâa thirty-six-year old widow drowning in debts and dependents. Always desperate for money, sheâs unscrupulous about how she gets it.
Noelâs mourning his godmother Mattie, a former suffragette. Wise beyond his years, raised with a disdain for authority and an eclectic attitude toward education, he has little in common with other children and even less with the impulsive Vee, who hurtles from one self-made crisis to the next. The warâs provided unprecedented opportunities for making money, but what Vee needsâand what sheâs never hadâis a cool head and the ability to make a plan.
On her own, sheâs a disaster. With Noel, sheâs a team.
Together, they cook up a scheme. Crisscrossing the bombed suburbs of London, Vee starts to make a profit and Noel begins to regain his interest in life. But there are plenty of other people making money out of the warâand some of them are dangerous. Noel may have been moved to safety, but he isnât actually safe at all. . . .
Categories:
- Literature & Fiction
- Humor & Satire
- Dark Humor
- Humor & Satire
Publisher : Harper
Author : Evans, Lissa
Language : English
Edition : First Edition
Published :2015-07-28
Number Of Pages : 288
Binding : hardcover
ISBN-10 : 0062364839
ISBN-13 : 9780062364838
Item weight : 0.85 lb
Dimensions : 0.98 in x 5.91 in x 8.54 in
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