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• Short-listed for Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2017
• Shortlisted for Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2017.

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Skilful ... daring ... an extraordinary story The Guardian Insightful ... beautifully paced ... authentic The Irish Times [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 Beautifully written, empathetic and unflinching, it is very, very good Daily Mail vivid and well-wrought Times Literary Supplement

vivid and well-wrought * Times Literary Supplement * Beautifully written, empathetic and unflinching, it is very, very good * Daily Mail * A fascinating fictional account of Samuel Beckett's wartime years * IAN RANKIN * [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 * Skilful . . . daring . . . an extraordinary story * The Guardian *

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

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JO BAKER is the author of the acclaimed and bestselling LONGBOURN and A COUNTRY ROAD, A TREE. Her latest novel, THE BODY LIES, is a thrilling contemporary novel that explores violence against women in fiction but is also a disarming story of sexual politics. Jo Baker lives with her family in Lancashire.

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