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Welcome to the WBZ Book Club.
I'm Jordan Rich just finished a twenty eighteen

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novel by Michael Landacci called Warlight.
The author, best known for the novel

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The English Patient tells a slow,
but engrossing story but the end of World

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War Two in London, a story
told through the eyes of a young boy,

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Nathaniel Williams. The young boy and
his sister are informed that their parents

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will be leaving them for an extended
stay overseas Rose. Nathaniel's mother decides to

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leave the children in the care and
custody of quote unquote associates colorful members of

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the criminal element who are entrusted to
look after the children. The author creates

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Dickens like characters with interesting nicknames,
such as the Moth and the Pimlico Daughter.

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Dad doesn't but Mom eventually returns and
we find out she's an agent for

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British intelligence, living a double life
burdened by wartime secrets that threatened her and

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her family. A sophisticated and smart
character study by a wright who uses language

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brilliantly. Warlight by Michael Landacci The
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