Nightwork

Two young brothers spend the summer of the 1968 invasion hidden in their father's home village, after he rushes them out of Prague as the Warsaw Pact tanks arrive and shooting fills the streets. In the countryside they roam the woods, swim and compete for the attention of the girl all the local boys want. The occupation reaches them only as radio reports and rumours, and they understand little beyond the fact that the Russians have come. Their uncle, the village clown who is meant to look after them, turns out to be hiding something. Evil in its social and private forms runs through the boys' adventures, as does a search for hope.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

259 pages in the original

Genres

Coming of age, Politics (assigned by AI)

Set in

Czechia, 1968

First published

2001 by Torst; Hynek

Author's age

39 when first published

ISBN

9788072151363 (original)

9781846271632 (Portobello Books, United Kingdom)