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The cowards

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Set in May 1945 in a small Czech town. The Germans are withdrawing, the Red Army is advancing, and Danny Smiricky is being forced to grow up fast. Observing with contempt the antics of the town's senior citizens playing it safe, he adopts the role first of reluctant conscript then partisan.

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The cowards, Josef Škvorecký

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2010
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Title
The cowards
Language
English
Publisher
Penguin Books
Released
2010
Format
Paperback
Pages
418
ISBN10
0141047674
ISBN13
9780141047676
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Set in May 1945 in a small Czech town. The Germans are withdrawing, the Red Army is advancing, and Danny Smiricky is being forced to grow up fast. Observing with contempt the antics of the town's senior citizens playing it safe, he adopts the role first of reluctant conscript then partisan.