Kramer's War (Hard Cover)

Stock Code:
BAD2300
Price:
$15.00

Description

Kramer's War by Derek Robinson. 'This comic and poignant, rich and venture-some novel is set in one of the most bizarre backwaters of World War II. The Channel Islands were the only English soil occupied by the Nazis, and from 1940 the islanders reached an odd modus vivendi with their conquerors. On Jersey the Germans installed so much concrete and coastal artillery that it became a kind of battleship against the day of Allied invasion. The Islanders, armed only with hope and irony, knew that the subtle obduracy and their Bailiff's legalistic quibbling would sustain them far better than futile insurrection. When in the spring of 1944 Air Force Lieutenant Earl Kramer of Prattsville , Ohio, is washed ashore, he meets a German sentry and kills him. Imbued with movie images of Resistance and the American faith in doing good by force, Kramer becomes the firebrand for the Jersey powder keg. The Islanders stand aghast, and the Germans (who have problems of their own, from sexual poaching to cabin-fever-madness) turn vengeful as the young American ricochets around in wild acts of sabotage interspersed with pursuits of a lovely Island girl.' The dust jacket has much wear with a large missing part on the back cover. The book however remains tight and bright.

Details

  • Author:
    Robinson, Derek
  • Book Condition:
    Good Plus
  • Publisher:
    The Viking Press, NY
  • Edition:
    Possible First
  • Jacket Condition:
    Fair
  • Binding:
    Hard Cover
  • Location:
    S7
  • ISBN:
    0670415162
  • Size:
    8vo
  • Pages:
    319
  • Publish Date:
    1977
Stock Level:
1 In Stock
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