Chris Laing

eBook, ePUB

West End Kid: Tales from the Forties (eBook, ePUB)

Beschreibung

This collection of exciting and bittersweet stories will bring a smile to your face or maybe even a tear. Root for the newspaper boy who suspects one of his customers is a Nazi spy. Will Annie Rooney lure the boys into joining the safety guards? And is there a thief on the loose at the boys' summer camp? This coming of age collection captures the spirit of the times and reflects the age-old challenges facing every generation. A reader calling himself Haligonian has written the following review:: "Being an old guy, I was attracted by the 'Forties' in the title. North American kids at that time could not grasp the seriousness of World War II; it just added another layer of excitement to the business of growing up. Chris Laing's detailed recall of the period is astonishing in itself. The added bonus is his ability to capture both the difficulty and the fun kids have working out their own problems and their bafflement with adult behaviour. A nostalgic and rewarding read."

Technische Details

• Geräte: eReader
• mit Kopierschutz
• Größe: 1.18MB
• FamilySharing(5)

Barrierefreiheit

• Text-to-Speech

Autor

Chris Laing is a native of Hamilton, Ontario. He worked in private business for twenty years before joining the Federal Public Service, where he served in the Department of the Secretary of State and National Museums of Canada until his retirement.
In the past few years he has expanded his long-time interest in detective stories from that of avid reader to writing in this genre. His short stories have appeared in a number of literary journals. His first novel, "A Private Man", was published by Seraphim Editions in 2012 and it was a finalist for the Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Crime Novel. His second novel in the Max Dexter series, "A Deadly Venture", also set in Hamilton in the 1940's, was published in Sept 2014 and won the Kerry Scooley Award from the Hamilton Arts Council in 2015. It was followed by "A Family Matter" in 2017 and "A Devious Dame" in 2019. He is now at work on the next adventure of Max and Isabel.
"West End Kid" is a collection of short stories based loosely on his experiences growing up in Hamilton during World War II.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Distributed via Smashwords
• Seitenzahl: 161
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. September 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780992106225
• Artikelnr.: 45449383