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In the Blue Light of African Dreams

In the Blue Light of African Dreams

by PaulWatkins (Author)

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    Paperback 2001

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Synopsis

Flying with the Lafayette Squadron in 1918, Charlie Halifax, a holder of the Croix de Guerre, is shot down and badly wounded. He deserts but is recaptured and exiled into the Foreign Legion. Having escaped to Paris, he attempts to become the first man to fly non-stop across the Atlantic.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 288
 Edition: New edition
 Publisher: Faber and Faber
Published: 09 Jul 2001
ISBN 10: 0571190022
ISBN 13: 9780571190027
Book Overview: The author's Night Over Day Over Night , earned a Booker Prize nomination, and his Calm at Sunset, Calm at Dawn , won Britain's Encore Prize for the best second novel of the year .

Author Bio
Paul Watkins was born in 1964. He is the son of Welsh parents and was educated at the Dragon School, at Eton and at Yale. His novels include Night Over Day Over Night, Calm at Sunset, Calm at Dawn, In the Blue Light of African Dreams, The Promise of Night, Archangel, The Story of My Disappearance and The Forger. He has also written about his experiences at public school, in Stand Before Your God. He was shortlisted for the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize in 1992 and 1996, and won the Winifred Holtby Prize for Best Regional Novel of the Year in 1996. He lives in the USA.