Pied Piper

Resumen del libro

John Howard who is 70 years old finds himself not wanted at the beginning of the war and decides to go for a fishing holiday in France as Europe is falling to Nazi Germany. As the tragedy of Dunkirk unfolds, he desires to return home and finds himself in charge of 2 children. His journey back becomes progressively more difficult as the number of children in his charge increases to 5. Slowly the war becomes more and more real until it suddenly and terrifyingly forces itself on the elderly man and his small charges. The book ends with a remarkable and unexpected twist.