Blackout

The novel deals with three characters who get stuck in various periods of second world war England. The story itself is less of a science fiction and more of a hymn to the bravery of the English as they fought alone against Hitler before the American’s joined the war following the bombing of Pearl Harbour, and it serves up many examples of individual, everyday bravery that make one wonder if, were we to be thrown into a similar situation, we would be so brave? At times, this book is genuinely and deeply moving, and I feel that these moments are what handed Willis the Hugo.

Unfortunately the book only occasionally reaches such heights, and after the first 250 odd pages, begins to drag rather horribly.