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5/5 Waterstones Publisher Faber & Faber Pages 271 pp Originally published 2000 Genre Novel OCLC 46602244 | 3.8/5 Goodreads Language English Publication date 2000 ISBN 0-571-20473-2 Country Scotland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback) Similar When They Lay Bare, Romanno Bridge, Electric Brae, In Another Light, The Return of John MacNab | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
That Summer is the fourth novel by Scottish writer Andrew Greig. It was retitled The Clouds Above: A Novel of Love and War for the U.S. market.
Plot summary
It is June 1940. Working class Len Westbourne, an inexperienced fighter pilot, falls in love with Stella Gardam, a more worldly radar operator. Stella's friend Maddy is killed in a bombing raid and Len's squadron colleague, Polish pilot Tad, dies in a flying accident.
Told in alternate chapters from the perspectives of Len and Stella, That Summer is a love story told against the background of the Battle of Britain. Len is injured when his Hawker Hurricane crashes and goes off to recuperate with Stella in the countryside.
References
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