I'm writing a novel for each of the seven years of World War Two. To me, it’s an inexhaustible subject for many reasons, some of which are the moral issues it confronts, its parallels to today’s wars, and the ever-present possibility of dictator-driven genocide. The novels are not connected; their commonality being ordinary people whose lives and destinies are distorted by war. Each takes place in a fictional town, itself a character, and each has an underlying theme: one art, one sport, one music, one food, one science. (The theme of the last, is, appropriately, writing itself.) They’re fast-paced, evocative and historically grounded in the very real events that characterized each year of the global conflict.

Saturday, January 28, 2012

Final two novels in series

The two remaining books in the World War Two Series are slated for release in 2013. One, Køpersund, 1942, takes place in occupied Norway, the other, Onishiwan, 1945, in Okinawa, during the last battle of World War Two.
Posted by David Westwood at 5:47 PM

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