Man and Boy is a novel by Tony Parsons.[1] It was awarded the 2001 British Book of the Year award.
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Harry Silver is a successful television producer about to turn 30. He is happily married, has a four-year-old son and drives a...
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The Angel of the...
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It is 1943, and the German Army has been defeated at Stalingrad. The Russians have taken 91,000 prisoners; 145,000 German soldiers have been killed. The tide is beginning to turn. But on Guernsey and the rest of the Channel Islands, the only...