That Summer (Andrew Greig)
- That Summer (Andrew Greig)
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name = That Summer
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author = Andrew Greig
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country = Scotland
language = English
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genre = Novel
publisher = Faber & Faber
release_date = 2000
media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
pages = 271 pp
isbn = ISBN 0-571-20473-2
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"That Summer" was the fourth novel by Scottish writer Andrew Greig. It was retitled "The Clouds Above: A Novel of Love and War" for the U.S. market. The storyline partly inspired the song Oxford Street in the Blackout :The Automatic Eye 2006) by Scottish songwriter David Heavenor.
Plot summary
It is June 1940. Working class Len Westbourne, an inexperienced fighter pilot, falls in love with Stella Gardam, a more worldly radar operator. Stella's friend Maddy is killed in a bombing raid and Len's squadron colleague, Polish pilot Tad, dies in a flying accident.
Told in alternate chapters from the perspectives of Len and Stella, "That Summer" is a love story told against the background of the Battle of Britain. Len is injured when his Hawker Hurricane crashes and goes off to recuperate with Stella in the countryside.
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