| Author: |
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David Hughes
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| Title: |
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The Pork Butcher |
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No copies available |
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English |
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Hardcover |
| Pages: |
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128 |
| Date: |
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1984-04 |
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0094655103 |
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Constable |
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0.6 pounds |
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5.5 x 8.6 x 0.7 inches |
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1 mrsmac (United Kingdom) |
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1 Rob Harvey (United Kingdom) |
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Product Description
During the Second World War, a unit of the German army of occupation in France was troubled by partisan activity and decided on reprisals against the town of Oradour. As a result of that decision, the name of that small place is known around the world.
In the novel, a former soldier, who was swept up by his unit against his will on that day, for he had a rendezvous with a woman with whom he intended to escape, nevertheless took part in the massacre; many years later, he returns to Oradour on a kind of pilgrimage of penance. The visit is oddly pleasurable and oddly disappointing–until he finds a physical clue that destroys his last hope that he can be innocent in his own eyes.
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