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Fiction & Poetry, Modern & Contemporary Fiction

The Rescue Man

Anthony Quinn (author)

Paperback Published on: 04/02/2010

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Synopsis

Liverpool, 1939. Lonely historian Tom Baines is at work on a study of the city's architectural past but the ominous news from Europe, together with his burgeoning friendship with Richard, a young photographer, and his beautiful wife, Bella, are proving a distraction.

When the bombings begin, Tom joins up as 'rescue man', retrieving the wounded and dying from the ruins of buildings, but the love affair he embarks on soon leads him into a very different kind of danger.

Publisher information

Publisher: Vintage Publishing
ISBN: 9780099531937
Number of pages: 416
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 25 mm
Weight: 287g
Languages: English

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A brilliant portrayal of loss

Tom Baines arrives in Liverpool at the start of the 2nd world war, ostensibly to study and make a record of Liverpool’s architectural history. He finds the... READ MORE

Anne Watkinson

The Rescue Man

I loved this story of Tom Baines and found it hard to put down. A rather slow beginning (perhaps echoing the slow start to the war?) eases the reader into ... READ MORE

Lucy Oakes

Enlightening and absorbing

The Rescue Man is a novel which combines two individually thoroughly absorbing stories. The title alludes to the dual roles of the main character, Tom Bai... READ MORE

Stella Anderson

The Rescue Man

Set during the second World War, and just after its end, this novel tells the story of historian Tom Baines and his chronicling of Liverpool’s architectura... READ MORE

Helen Nash

Well-worth reading

Set in Liverpool, The Rescue Man tells of life in the city in the late 1800s and during the Second World War. Historian Tom Baines is chronicling Liverpool... READ MORE

Georgina Bickerstaffe

The Rescue Man

Historian Tom Baines is writing a book about the buildings in Liverpool in 1939. He teams up with two photographers, husband and wife team Richard and Bell... READ MORE

Anja de Jager

The Rescue Man

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