Time-horizon

MacInnes takes us inside a WW2 Italian prison camp, into the life of an American prisoner, an artist with badly injured hands. He is hurting, physically and emotionally, from his wounds, but still fighting as best he can, plotting an escape. When he ends up in the mountains of the Tyrol (doesn't MacInnes always take us back to the Tyrol!?), he finds people who are trying to fight the Totalitarians with not much more than courage and a knowledge of truth and their local terrain. As is typical of a MacInnes novel, she shows people fighting for Truth and Freedom against a Totalitarian system. Her protagonists may be up against Facists or Nazis (in this book, both) or Anarchists, or most often Communists, but they always fight for Freedom, for principles over personal convenience. It's as political as any of her novels, but also just as beautifully crafted. Read it for the politics, or read it for the literary value. But read it.

Thought provoking, interesting, always fun. I thoroughly enjoyed this book.

Sea adventures do not get any funnier then this.
I almost got thrown off the boat while cruising the Isle de saints because I laughed so hard at night. Fatty is indeed a real guy and his wife is a saint. It is one of those books you can pass around and reread 10 times. For 10+ bucks you can't go wrong heck it is cheaper then a fuel filter.

When it comes to capturing the most wonderful adventures imaginable afloat, this author is by far the most captivating. It's kind of like Angela's Ashes set on a boat floating down the Mississippi river. The family is so far out! I especially like his sister & it seemed so nice of him to include some of her own writing in the book. If you like cruising or living aboard boat stories. Don't miss this one!