In the Light of Morning

Zusatztext

<p>May 1944: High above the mountains of occupied Slovenia an aeroplane drops three British parachutists brash MP Major Jack Farwell, radio operator Sid Dixon, and young academic Lieutenant Tom Freedman.</p><p>Greeted upon arrival by a group of Partisans, the men are led off into the countryside. Despite the distant crackle of gunfire, the war feels a long way off for Tom. The Partisans, too, are not what he was expecting courageous, kind, and alluring, especially Jovan, their commander, and the hauntingly beautiful Marija.</p><p>As the enemys net begins to tighten, they find evidence of massacres, of a dark and terrible band of men pursuing them. As they stumble their way towards a final, tragic battle, so the relationships within the group begin to fray, with Tom finding himself forced to face up to his deepest, most secret desires.</p>

Autorenportrait

Tim Pears was born in 1956. He grew up in Devon, and left school at sixteen. He has worked in a wide variety of jobs and is a graduate of the National Film and Television School. His first novel,<i>In the Place of Fallen Leaves</i>, won the Hawthornden Prize for Literature and the Ruth Hadden Memorial Award. His second novel,<i>In a Land of Plenty</i>, has been adapted for television and is now a major BBC television series. Tim Pears is the author of eight highly acclaimed novels including<i>Landed</i>,<i>Disputed Land</i>and<i>A Revolution of the Sun</i>.

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