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This novel is based on the massacre by the SS of a small town in France during World War II, called Oradour-sur-Glane. Some of the perpetrators were French citizens - Alsatians drafted into the SS. They were put on trial in 1953 for taking part - under duress, it was claimed - in the horrendous killings and destruction of that peaceful village. Upon the order of President Charles de Gaulle, the town was kept as the Nazis had left it and is a national monument. Professor Eug ne Desfosseux, a historian and self-taught ventriloquist, conjures amid the ruins figures from deep into his past and records the interviews and interrogations in a tale that epitomizes what this or any other war crime might encompass - including his own daily life of pleasures, romance and memories inflamed to a vengeance that would destroy his life's work.

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  • ISBN-13: 9781882190409
  • ISBN-10: 1882190408
  • Publisher: Polar Bear & Company
  • Publish Date: November 2015
  • Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.88 pounds
  • Page Count: 312

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