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Originally Posted by Steeltrap
Incidentally, the book is much better (no surprise) - by a Canadian, I think, Nicholas Montserrat (is that right? haven't read it for a while).
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Yes, it's a superb book -- I'm grateful that I was made to read it at school!
The author wasn't Canadian, though I think Canadians sometimes like to 'claim' him as one of our own, because during his post-war diplomatic career he did spend some time based in Ottawa. I think that's how my father, also a WWII naval officer turned diplomat, knew him.
And his name is spelled 'Monsarrat' -- confusingly similar to the Caribbean island of Montserrat!