Kingdom by the Sea (Essential Modern Classics) (Collins Modern Classics)

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Theroux rather likes the Welsh, has a lot of sympathy and understanding for the Northern Irish and can get on with at least some Scots. At odds with the otherwise genial storytelling are scenes in which a sadistic homosexual corporal attempts to molest Harry. Along the way the pair comes in contact with several remarkably kind people, some equally cruel ones and a few genuine eccentrics.

And as he encounters new characters, and forges relationships with them, their time together is temporary. I saw a prosperous and richer UK in 2016, with even the small towns looking well-heeled and booming.But hey, I'm still giving it five stars because Westall somehow makes undermining his own plot believable while keeping character growth in tact. It was like the past in an old picture - empty trains, blackened buildings, bellicose religion, dirt, poverty, narrow-mindedness, trickery, and murder filling the scene. Tom" by Michelle Magorian, another WW II novel for young readers, I could give this one only 4 stars.

Going to the coast] was the poor person's way of going abroad -- standing at the seaside and staring at the ocean. However I just found the book to be a long winded and repetitive whinge about the lack of hospitality and excitement in the coastal towns.

His home had been bombed, leaving him an orphan, and so he went to the beach to find a place to sleep, not wishing to be in an orphanage. A further theme of sorts is added by the coincidence that, throughout, his journey was constantly interrupted by news of the Falklands War being fought at the other end of the world.