A Country Road, A Tree

A Country Road, A Tree

by JoBaker (Author)

Synopsis

Paris, 1939: the pavement rumbles with the footfall of marching Nazi soldiers along the Champs-Elysees. A young writer, recently arrived from Ireland to make his mark, smokes a last cigarette with his lover before the city they know is torn apart. As war takes hold, he will put his own life and that of his loved ones in mortal danger by joining the Resistance ... A tale of spies and artists, deprivation, danger and passion, this is a story of life at the edges of human experience, and how one man came to translate it all into art.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 336
Publisher: Doubleday
Published: 05 May 2016

ISBN 10: 0857522094
ISBN 13: 9780857522092
Book Overview: The brand new novel inspired by the life of legendary playwright Samuel Beckett from the author of the international bestselling LONGBOURN.

Media Reviews
Skilful . . . daring . . . an extraordinary story * The Guardian *
[It is] the unexpected Beckett that is on show here. Baker pays tribute to a man who joined the French Resistance, narrowly escaped the Gestapo, fled south on foot and went into hiding, and was eventually awarded the Croix de Guerre * The Times *
A fascinating fictional account of Samuel Beckett's wartime years * IAN RANKIN *
Beautifully written, empathetic and unflinching, it is very, very good * Daily Mail *
vivid and well-wrought * Times Literary Supplement *
Author Bio
Jo Baker was educated at Oxford and Queen's University, Belfast. She lives in Lancaster with her husband and their two children. She is the author of the bestselling LONGBOURN, which is due to be made into a film. Her latest novel is inspired by the life of Samuel Beckett.