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02685aim a22003973i 4500 001 4EEBD5621E7C11E7AD0CABCCDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20170411010109 007 sd fungnnmmneu 008 161111s2017 xx nnnng z n eng d 020 $a 9781470856205 020 $a 1470856204 028 02 $a ZEc66a $b Blackstone Audiobooks 035 $a (OCoLC)962410713 040 $a BLACP $b eng $e rda $c BLACP $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d JIM $d SILO 072 7 $a FIC $x 019000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Evans, Lissa. 245 10 $a Their Finest (sound recording : $b A novel / 250 $a Unabridged 264 1 $a [Place of publication not identified] : $b HarperCollins, $c [2017] 300 $a 10 audio discs (12 hr.) : $b CD audio, digital ; $c 4 3/4 in. 306 $a 120000 511 0 $a Read by TBD. 500 $a Compact discs. 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 7 $a FICTION / Literary $2 bisacsh 655 7 $a Audiobooks. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Audiobooks. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01726208 700 1 $a TBD. 941 $a 3 945 $a cdab 952 $l DFPC353 $d 20240430020334.0 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240409025337.0 952 $l MXPG943 $d 20180720045555.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=4EEBD5621E7C11E7AD0CABCCDAD10320 994 $a C0 $b JIMInitiate Another SILO Locator Search