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03058aim a2200469Ki 4500 001 B6FFA276210C11E8B41F702297128E48 003 SILO 005 20180306010350 006 m q h 007 sd fungnnmmneu 007 co nga|||||||| 008 161111s2017 nyunnnng f n eng d 020 $a 9781470856229 020 $a 1470856220 028 02 $a ZMc66a $b Blackstone Audiobooks 035 $a (OCoLC)962410714 040 $a BLACP $b eng $e rda $c BLACP $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d BTCTA $d BLACP $d IW3 $d SILO 043 $a e-uk--- 050 4 $a PR6105.V35 $b T53 2017ab 072 7 $a FIC $x 019000 $2 bisacsh 082 04 $a 823/.92 $2 23 100 1 $a Evans, Lissa, $e author. 245 10 $a Their finest : $b a novel / $c Lissa Evans. 250 $a Unabridged. 264 1 $a [New York] : $b Harper Audio, $c [2017] 300 $a 1 audio disc (12 hr., 47 min.) : $b digital, MP3 ; $c 4 3/4 in. 306 $a 124700 511 0 $a Read by Peter Wickham. 500 $a MP3 format compact disc. Will only play on CD players adapted for MP3 format. 538 $a System requirements: CD/MP3 player or PC with MP3-capable software. 520 $a From the author of the acclaimed Crooked Heart comes another "smart, funny, ingenious, revealing tale of London life during the Second World War" (The Independent)--longlisted for the Orange Prize upon its original publication in England.It is 1940. France has fallen, and only a narrow strip of sea lies between Great Britain and invasion. The war could go either way and everyone must do their bit. Young copy writer Catrin Cole is drafted into the Ministry of Information to help "write women" into propaganda films--something that the men aren't very good at.She is quickly seconded to the Ministry's latest endeavor: a heart-warming tale of bravery and rescue at Dunkirk. It's all completely fabricated, of course, but what does that matter when the nation's morale is at stake? Since call-up has stripped the industry of its brightest and best, it is the callow, the jaded and the utterly unsuitable who must make up the numbers: Ambrose Hilliard, third most popular British film-star of 1924; Edith Beadmore, Madame Tussauds wardrobe assistant turned costumier; and Arthur Frith, whose peacetime job as a catering manager has not really prepared him for his sudden, unexpected elevation to Special Military Advisor.Now in a serious world, in a nation under siege, they must all swallow their mutual distaste, ill-will, and mistrust to unite for the common good, for King and Country, and--in one case--for better or worse ... 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Propaganda $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Motion pictures $x Production and direction $v Fiction. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $z Great Britain $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Historical fiction. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Audiobooks. $2 lcgft 700 1 $a Wickham, Peter, $e narrator. 941 $a 1 945 $a cdab 952 $l GZPE631 $d 20240305013452.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=B6FFA276210C11E8B41F702297128E48 994 $a C0 $b IW3Initiate Another SILO Locator Search