A KIND OF SECRET WEAPON

by Elliott Arnold ‧ RELEASE DATE: March 1, 1969

In Denmark in 1943 a mimeograph machine cleverly used is a kind of secret weapon for Peter's blithe journalist father and his laughing, loving wife--who is less real as Peter's mother. Similarly, the story, involving their underground newspaper and Lars Andersen's eventual apprehension and execution by the Nazis, comes to life only as their story although Peter has a part in distributing the paper and, following his father's death, in seeing that the last issue is run off before he and his mother flee to Sweden. But Peter, a young eleven, is amorphous; often he serves simply as a receptacle for his father's pronouncements on past, current and future affairs. Despite the magnitude of events and the everpresent danger, the book is frequently dull and, except for the bond between the couple, always at a distance.

Pub Date: March 1, 1969

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Scribners

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: March 1, 1969

Categories: FICTION