Overview
Now a major film starring Gemma Arterton, Sam Claflin and Bill Nighy. It's 1940. In a small advertising agency in Soho, Catrin Cole writes snappy lines for Vida Elastic and So-Bee-Fee gravy browning. But the nation is in peril, all skills are transferable and there's a place in the war effort for those who have a knack with words. Catrin is conscripted into the world of propaganda films. After a short spell promoting the joy of swedes for the Ministry of Food, she finds herself writing dialogue for 'Just an Ordinary Wednesday', a heart-warming but largely fabricated 'true story' about rescue and romance on the beaches of Dunkirk. And as bombs start to fall on London, she discovers that there's just as much drama, comedy and passion behind the scenes as there is in front of the camera . . . Originally published as Their Finest Hour and a Half
Full Product Details
Author: Lissa Evans
Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
Imprint: Black Swan
Dimensions:
Width: 11.00cm
, Height: 2.60cm
, Length: 17.80cm
Weight: 0.220kg
ISBN: 9781784163020
ISBN 10: 1784163023
Pages: 416
Publication Date: 06 April 2017
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Pitch-perfect in tone and populated by some unforgettable characters, Lissa Evans's blackly comic new novel is a delight * The Gloss Magazine * This is a comic novel, but far warmer in tone and broader in scope than that label would suggest...Gloriously observed...Hilliard is a wonderful creation - and Evans's recreated propaganda scripts are a total joy. Delicious * The Times * Comic, poignant and altogether delightful, raised spirits are guaranteed * Easy Living * Beautifully written, minutely observed and researched, evocative and very funny tale -- Michele Hanson * Guardian * [Lissa Evans] displays a fine eye for detail and for the absurdities involved in filming. She also brilliantly evokes the disruption and dangers of wartime London. This funny, heart-warming and beautifully crafted novel is a must-read * Daily Mail *
[Lissa Evans] displays a fine eye for detail and for the absurdities involved in filming. She also brilliantly evokes the disruption and dangers of wartime London. This funny, heart-warming and beautifully crafted novel is a must-read Daily Mail Beautifully written, minutely observed and researched, evocative and very funny tale -- Michele Hanson Guardian Comic, poignant and altogether delightful, raised spirits are guaranteed Easy Living This is a comic novel, but far warmer in tone and broader in scope than that label would suggest...Gloriously observed...Hilliard is a wonderful creation - and Evans's recreated propaganda scripts are a total joy. Delicious The Times Pitch-perfect in tone and populated by some unforgettable characters, Lissa Evans's blackly comic new novel is a delight The Gloss Magazine
Author Information
Since producing Father Ted, Lissa Evans has written seven novels, including the bestselling Old Baggage, Their Finest Hour and a Half (filmed as Their Finest), Small Change for Stuart and Wed Wabbit, both shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal, and Small Bomb at Dimperley.
