The incident [sound recording] /
by Macleod, Kenneth [author.]; King, Angus (Actor) [narrator.].
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SoundPublisher: Bath : Oakhill, 2015Description: 10 CDs (12 hr., 35 min.) : digital, stereo.ISBN: 9781784332655 (CDs) :.Classification number: Subject(s): Audiobooks | General | Modern & contemporary fiction | Fiction: general & literaryRead by Angus King.Summary: 'The Incident' is a searingly powerful novel about fate; about those moments that change the course of a life forever. It is also a book about history, from the Second World War through to the current day, and the way incidents long past can reverberate across generations. Craig was a teenage lifeguard on a beach in Germany when two children died on his watch. It should never have happened. He was an expert swimmer. His grandfather, Gordon McInnes, was on board a ship torpedoed during the war. He survived. Years later, he met one of the crew of the U boat that attacked his ship. Gerd is a refugee of the Cold War. Recruited by the Stasi, he escaped to the west after his mission went terribly wrong. He never went back. Three lives; three turning points.
Read by Angus King.
'The Incident' is a searingly powerful novel about fate; about those moments that change the course of a life forever. It is also a book about history, from the Second World War through to the current day, and the way incidents long past can reverberate across generations. Craig was a teenage lifeguard on a beach in Germany when two children died on his watch. It should never have happened. He was an expert swimmer. His grandfather, Gordon McInnes, was on board a ship torpedoed during the war. He survived. Years later, he met one of the crew of the U boat that attacked his ship. Gerd is a refugee of the Cold War. Recruited by the Stasi, he escaped to the west after his mission went terribly wrong. He never went back. Three lives; three turning points.
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