Darkness Falls from the Air by Nigel Balchin - ISBN: 9781474601184
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Bombs fall, love fades: survive the Blitz, save your soul.

Darkness Falls from the Air

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    224 pages

  • Release Date

    1 November 2015

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Summary

The classic novel of the London Blitz, DARKNESS FALLS FROM THE AIR captures the chaos, absurdity and ultimately the tragedy of life during the bombardment.

Bill Sarratt is a civil servant working on the war effort. Thwarted at every turn by bureaucracy and the vested interests of big business, the seemingly unflappable Bill is also on the verge of losing his wife Marcia to a literary poseur named Stephen. As the bombs continue to fall, Bill must decide whether he his willing to compro…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781474601184
ISBN-10:1474601189
Author:Nigel Balchin
Publisher:Orion Publishing Co
Imprint:Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:224
Release Date:1 November 2015
Weight:201g
Dimensions:196mm x 128mm x 20mm
Series:Cassell Military Paperbacks
What They're Saying

Critics Review

One of the hopes of British novel-writing … A writer of genius

The missing writer of the forties

Balchin writes about timeless things, the places in the heart

Prose barer than Heningway’s

A superb storyteller - SUNDAY TIMES

About The Author

Nigel Balchin

Nigel Balchin was born in 1908 and graduated in Natural Science from Cambridge University. During the Second World War he worked as a psychologist in the personnel section of the British War Office, before becoming Deputy Scientific Advisor to the Army Council. He wrote numerous books, including How to Run a Bassoon Factory (under the pseudonym Mark Spade), and Darkness Falls from the Air. He died in 1970.

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