In the wolf's mouth
by Adam Foulds
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Set in North Africa and Sicily at the end of the last war, this book follows the Allies' botched 'liberation' attempts as they chase the Germans north towards the Italian mainland.
"Adam Foulds writes like an angel about devilish things ... The supple, sensuous beauty of his prose is bewitching ... The pace and tension of a political thriller ... Superb novel."--Rebecca Abrams Financial Times "The pellucid elegance of Foulds's fictional voice is entirely his own. He conjures with exhilarating assurance the sense of a postwar collapse of order so complete as to be almost voluptuous." -- Jane Shilling Prospect "Astounding vivid snapshots that somehow mimic the fractured intensity of real firefight: the delicately crafted but deceptively powerful images of each staccato chapter linger and resonate. Reading this book is like remembering war ... an expertly crafted work of dark beauty and intensity." -- Patrick Hennessey The Times "Ambitious and diffuse ... Foulds is a master of concision and clarity, and his prose is "poetic" in the best sense: never florid or rambling, each short sentence weighed and parcelled out." -- Tom Gatti New Statesman "The bleakness of Foulds's message ... is not reflected in the richness of the prose or characterisation of this deep, dark, demanding tale." -- Lesley McDowell Independent on Sunday.
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Fiction, World War, 1939-1945, History, Fiction, historical, World war, 1939-1945, fiction, Italy, fiction, FICTION / Literary, Literary, Allied Occupation of Italy (1943-1947) fast (OCoLC)fst01351652, World War (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01180924, Campaigns, Fiction, historical, generalPlaces
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Originally published: London: Jonathan Cape, 2014.
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"Set in North Africa and Sicily at the end of World War II, 'In the Wolf's Mouth' follows the Allies' botched 'liberation' attempts as they chased the Nazis north toward the Italian mainland. Focusing on the experiences of two young soldiers--Will Walker, an English field security officer, ambitious to master and shape events; and Ray Marfione, a wide-eyed Italian American infantryman--the novel contains some of the best battle writing of the past fifty years. The book also explores the continuity of organized crime in Sicily through the eyes of two men--Angilu, a young shepherd; and Ciro Albanese, a local Mafioso. These men appear in the prologue and in the book's terrifying final chapters, making it evident that the Mafia were there before and are there still, the slaughter of war only a temporary distraction."--
Two young soldiers-- Will Walker, an English field security officer, ambitious to master and shape events; and Ray Marfione, a wide-eyed Italian American infantryman-- follow the Allies' botched "liberation" attempts as they chase the Nazis north toward the Italian mainland. Meanwhile for Angilù, a young shepherd; and Cirò Albanese, a local Mafioso, the slaughter of war is only a temporary distraction. All four are both predator and prey, caught in the blundering inaccuracies of war.
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