EAN: 9781787333789

THE PAPER MAN - BILLY OCALLAGHAN KARTONIERT (TB)

An unforgettable and sweeping interwar love story  from the Costa-shortlisted and bestselling
Irish author of Life Sentences 'Imaginative  beautifully told... Superb' SPECTATOR 'The best
book yet by a truly gifted Irish writer' GABRIEL BYRNE  author of Walking with Ghosts 1980s
Cork. Jack Shine discovers a shoe box full of love letters in his mother's belongings. Rebekah
came to Cork alone as a young Jewish refugee from Vienna when the Second World War broke out.
She died soon after  and Jack never learned of his father's identity. Why did she keep
newspaper clippings about a famous footballer player? Who was 'The Paper Man'? As Jack uncovers
his mother's life  he is transported to 1930s Vienna  a bustling city on the brink of war. At
the heart of the action is Matthias Sindelar  one of the most famous footballers in the world 
known as 'The Paper Man' because of his effortless weave across the pitch. When Sindelar
unexpectedly meets Rebekah  both of their lives are changed forever. As war looms  they must
accept that their survival will tear them apart. Based on true events  The Paper Man is the
story of twentieth-century Europe and love against the odds. It is a story that will take Jack
far from Cork and all the way back to Vienna  and towards The Paper Man.

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