Autumn of the Ace

Name: Autumn of the Ace
ISBN: 9781787301337

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Daniel Pitt, former RAF fighter in the First World War and an espionage agent for the SOE in the second, after the death of his brother, gets a rare opportunity to reconnect with his estranged son if only they can find a way to move on from the past.

First published: 2020
Publishers: Penguin Random House

About Louis De Bernières

Novelist Louis de Bernières was born in London in 1954. He joined the army at 18 but left after spending four months at Sandhurst. After graduating from the Victoria University of Manchester, he took a postgraduate certificate in Education at Leicester Polytechnic and obtained his MA at the University of London. Before writing full-time, he held many varied jobs including landscape gardener, motorcycle messenger and car mechanic. He also taught English in Colombia, an experience which determined the style and setting of his first three novels, The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts (1990), Señor Vivo and the Coca Lord (1991) and The Troublesome Offspring of Cardinal Guzman (1992), each of which was heavily influenced by South American literature, particularly 'magic realism'.In 1993, he was selected as one of the 20 'Best of Young British Novelists 2' promotion in Granta magazine. His fourth novel, Corelli's Mandolin, was published in the following year, winning the Commonwealth Writers Prize (Best Book). It was also shortlisted for the Sunday Express Book of the Year. Set on the Greek island of Cephalonia during the Second World War, the novel tells the story of a love affair between the daughter of a local doctor and an Italian soldier. It has become a worldwide bestseller and has now been translated into over 30 languages. A film adaptation of the novel was released in 2001, and the novel has also been adapted for the stage. In 2001, Red Dog was published - a collection of stories inspired by a statue of a dog encountered on a trip to a writers' festival in Australia in 1998. Prizes and awards1991 Commonwealth Writers Prize (Eurasia Region, Best First Book) The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts1992 Commonwealth Writers Prize (Eurasia Region, Best Book) Señor Vivo and the Coca Lord1994 Sunday Express Book of the Year (shortlist) Corelli's Mandolin1995 Commonwealth Writers Prize (Overall Winner, Best Book) Corelli's Mandolin1995 Lannan Literary Award (Fiction)1997 British Book Awards Author of the Year2004 Whitbread Novel Award (shortlist) Birds Without Wings2005 Commonwealth Writers Prize (Eurasia Region, Best Book) (shortlist) Birds Without Wings . Top of page...

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