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The Last Flight of Poxl West
The Last Flight of Poxl West: A Novel | Daniel Torday
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Worshipping his charismatic and cultured uncle Poxl, young Elijah finds his carefully constructed illusions shattering when he learns about the violent, vengeance-driven missions his uncle performed during World War II. By the award-winning author of the novella, The Sensualist.
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Cinfhen
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#TuneIntoNovember I remembered this book I read about a Jewish-Czech refugee who becomes an RAF bomber pilot during WWII. It's a novel within a novel, we have Poxl (the pilot) writing his "memoir" and Eli, a young boy who is smitten with war hero,Poxl. It's a creative story with a surprising twist but for me this novel did not soar ✈️#LearnToFly

Cinfhen I thought of one @BarbaraBB 😜 6y
Cathythoughts Nice one 👍 6y
BarbaraBB Seems spot on! 6y
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Cinfhen Thanks ladies 💕I couldn't find your song on YouTube @Cathythoughts 😞 6y
Ms_T I like the sound of this! #Stacked 6y
Cinfhen It was ok @Ms_T I can‘t put my finger on what bothered me, didn‘t work for me... 6y
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Holy shit, the plot twist at the 4/5 point is off the hook! Never saw it coming but I have a theory where it's going. ETA: my theory was wrong.

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Poxl in London during the Blitz reminds me of my grandfather's stories about his own experiences as a Navy medic on shore leave there. ❤️

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"The dream is for readers to they see the world a little more clearly, in a little more detail, and a little more generously, after closing every novel they read. So if they read me, I‘m just happy to know that‘s what they‘re doing when they do it." #JewLit

Read the full interview with Daniel Torday, finalist for the $100,000 Sami #RohrPrize for Jewish Literature: http://bit.ly/2py334O

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Honestly didn't expect I'd like this and yet I found it enjoyable. Did the audio and got hooked.