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A novel set in the London blitz.
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One of the hopes of British novel-writing . . . A writer of genius (John Betjeman)
The missing writer of the Forties . . . Balchin's professional skill gives a meaning to brilliance which the word doesn't usually possess (Clive James NEW REVIEW)
[An] inexplicably neglected author (THE TIMES)
Balchin writes about timeless things, the places in the heart (Ruth Rendell SUNDAY TELEGRAPH)
Balchin has been absurdly overlooked for too long (Julian Fellowes)
I'd place him up there with Graham Greene (Philippa Gregory)
Darkness Falls from the Air [has] the most perfect ending of any story I've ever read (Patrick McGrath)
A remarkable storyteller (DAILY MAIL)
A brilliant novelist . . . A writer of real skill (NEW STATESMAN)
He tells a story gloriously (DAILY TELEGRAPH)
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The missing writer of the Forties . . . Balchin's professional skill gives a meaning to brilliance which the word doesn't usually possess (Clive James NEW REVIEW)
[An] inexplicably neglected author (THE TIMES)
Balchin writes about timeless things, the places in the heart (Ruth Rendell SUNDAY TELEGRAPH)
Balchin has been absurdly overlooked for too long (Julian Fellowes)
I'd place him up there with Graham Greene (Philippa Gregory)
Darkness Falls from the Air [has] the most perfect ending of any story I've ever read (Patrick McGrath)
A remarkable storyteller (DAILY MAIL)
A brilliant novelist . . . A writer of real skill (NEW STATESMAN)
He tells a story gloriously (DAILY TELEGRAPH)
The classic novel of the London Blitz captures the chaos, absurdity and ultimately the tragedy of life during the bombardment.
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- PublisherMacmillan
- Publication date1969
- ISBN 10 0330023586
- ISBN 13 9780330023580
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages208
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