Five Boys - A Novel

When Bobby is evacuated from London to a remote Devonshire village, a strange new chapter of his life begins. Empty of its menfolk, the village is given over to the "stay behinds": the women, the old and young, and five terrifying boys who accuse Bobby of being a Nazi spy. Then, there is the enigmatic Bee King, a mysterious figure who exercises a powerful, hypnotic influence on the village, and especially the boys. As the days wind down to the D-day invasion and the Allied soldiers crash the beaches along the French coast, the villagers will enact their own drama -- a tense interplay of events that will engulf them all and ulti- mately reveal the truth about the Bee King. Brilliantly captivating and thoroughly researched, Five Boys is the tale of the war's impact on the home front, bringing to light a lost place and time with an expert touch.

Product details

• Authors: Mick Jackson
• Publisher: William Morrow
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.07.2003
• EAN: 9780060013950
• ISBN: 978-0-06-001395-0
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 202 mm x 17 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION: Literary, FICTION: Women, FICTION: General, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / General, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / International Crime & Mystery, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / Police Procedural, FICTION: Hispanic & Latino