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Accomplished, resonant and surprising (Guardian) -- a debut for fans of Summer of My German Soldier. In July 1940, eleven-year-old Lydia escapes life as a child evacuee in Wales. She arrives home to her English village, gas mask in tow, only to find it abandoned. Her family's house is shuttered and empty. Lydia settles in though, determined to wait out the war. Later that night he arrives: a wounded soldier, gun-wielding, heralding a full-blown German invasion. He says he won't hurt Lydia, but she cannot leave the house. The unlikely pair coexists in their claustrophobic confines, becoming dependent on each other for survival. Lydia soon realizes that the soldier knows more than he should about her family -- and that he's plotting something for them both. Eerie, gripping, and incredibly moving, The Dynamite Room brings an original and contemporary resonance to the great tradition of war classics.
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"An effective psychological drama between two extraordinary characters. Claustrophobic, touching, character-driven, and told in lovely prose...Readers who loved The Boy in the Striped Pajamas will have a strong affinity with The Dynamite Room."
— Katie Ward, author of Girl Reading
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Suspenseful and powerful. A novel of great humanity that exposes the absurd contradictions of war.
— Samantha Harvey, author of the Orange shortlisted/Booker longlisted The Wilderness -
Superb. Absorbing, suspenseful and with a beautifully poetic touch.
— Nathan Filer, author of the Costa Award-winning The Shock of the Fall -
Clever and unsettling, this most unconventional of war stories had me totally gripped.
— Shelley Harris, author of Jubilee
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About Jason Hewitt
Jason Hewitt is a playwright and actor. He was born in Oxford and lives in London. The Dynamite Room is his first novel.
About Will Thorp
Will Thorp is an English actor and narrator. He was born in Frome, Somerset, in West England. He was a member of the National Youth Theatre for five years before training at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. He has appeared in a number of television shows and plays, and he has narrated several audiobooks. He is best known for his appearances in Doctor Who, Coronation Street, Casualty, Unhallowed Ground, and A.D. for NBC.