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Language English Originally published December 1949 Adaptations Little Boy Lost (1953) | 4.1/5 Goodreads Publication date December 1949 Country United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback) ISBN 0-248-98373-3 (first edition, hardback) Genres Fiction, Novel, Speculative fiction Publishers Cresset Press (UK), Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (US) Similar Fiction books, World War II books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Little Boy Lost is a dramatic novel by Marghanita Laski that was published in 1949. It was republished in 2001 by Persephone Books.
Contents
Plot
The novel focuses on Hilary Wainwright, an English man, on the search for his lost son in the ruins of post-war France.
Film, TV or theatrical adaptations
A motion picture version of the same title starring Bing Crosby was released in 1953.
Reception
Kirkus Reviews found Little Boy Lost "An inescapably affecting story where sentiment is edged by bitterness." while Nicholas Lezard of the Guardian wrote "If you like a novel that expertly puts you through the wringer, this is the one." and "This is haunting stuff."
References
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