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The ventriloquists : a novel / E.R. Ramzipoor.
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Record details
- ISBN: 9780778308157
- ISBN: 0778308154
- Physical Description: 534 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
- Publisher: Toronto : Park Row Books, 2019.
- Copyright: ©2019.
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| Subject: | World War, 1939-1945 > Underground movements > Belgium > Brussels > Fiction. World War, 1939-1945 > Underground literature > Belgium > Brussels > Fiction. Newspapers > Fiction. Brussels (Belgium) > History > 20th century > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Historical fiction. |
Available copies
- 13 of 13 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Fort St. James Public Library.
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- 0 current holds with 13 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort St. James Public Library | RAM (Text) | 35196001025167 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
A tale based on true events finds a misfit journalist, a forger and a street urchin joining a band of resistance fighters who risk their lives to publish a satiric newspaper mocking the Nazis. A first novel. 75,000 first printing. - Baker & Taylor
A tale based on true events finds a misfit journalist, a forger, and a street urchin joining a band of resistance fighters who risk their lives to publish a satiric newspaper mocking the Nazis. - Harlequin
'[A] remarkable saga.... Engrossing.' 'Booklist, starred review
In this triumphant debut inspired by true events, a ragtag gang of journalists and resistance fighters risk everything for an elaborate scheme to undermine the Reich.
The Nazis stole their voices. But they would not be silenced.
Brussels, 1943. Twelve-year-old street orphan Helene survives by living as a boy and selling copies of the country's most popular newspaper, Le Soir, now turned into Nazi propaganda. Helene's world changes when she befriends a rogue journalist, Marc Aubrion, who draws her into a secret network that publishes dissident underground newspapers.
The Nazis track down Aubrion's team and give them an impossible choice: turn the resistance newspapers into a Nazi propaganda bomb that will sway public opinion against the Allies, or be killed. Faced with no decision at all, Aubrion has a brilliant idea. While pretending to do the Nazis' bidding, they will instead publish a fake edition of Le Soir that pokes fun at Hitler and Stalin'daring to laugh in the face of their oppressors.
The ventriloquists have agreed to die for a joke, and they have only eighteen days to tell it.
Featuring an unforgettable cast of characters and stunning historical detail, E.R. Ramzipoor's dazzling debut novel illuminates the extraordinary acts of courage by ordinary people forgotten by time. It is a moving and powerful ode to the importance of the written word and to the unlikely heroes who went to extreme lengths to orchestrate the most stunning feat of journalism in modern history. - Harlequin
â[A] remarkable saga.... Engrossing.â âBooklist, starred review
In this triumphant debut inspired by true events, a ragtag gang of journalists and resistance fighters risk everything for an elaborate scheme to undermine the Reich.
The Nazis stole their voices. But they would not be silenced.
Brussels, 1943. Twelve-year-old street orphan Helene survives by living as a boy and selling copies of the countryâs most popular newspaper, Le Soir, now turned into Nazi propaganda. Heleneâs world changes when she befriends a rogue journalist, Marc Aubrion, who draws her into a secret network that publishes dissident underground newspapers.
The Nazis track down Aubrionâs team and give them an impossible choice: turn the resistance newspapers into a Nazi propaganda bomb that will sway public opinion against the Allies, or be killed. Faced with no decision at all, Aubrion has a brilliant idea. While pretending to do the Nazisâ bidding, they will instead publish a fake edition of Le Soir that pokes fun at Hitler and Stalinâdaring to laugh in the face of their oppressors.
The ventriloquists have agreed to die for a joke, and they have only eighteen days to tell it.
Featuring an unforgettable cast of characters and stunning historical detail, E.R. Ramzipoorâs dazzling debut novel illuminates the extraordinary acts of courage by ordinary people forgotten by time. It is a moving and powerful ode to the importance of the written word and to the unlikely heroes who went to extreme lengths to orchestrate the most stunning feat of journalism in modern history.
