Lying with the Enemy

by Tim Binding

Book Overview

A novel of exceptional style and momentum, sustained at a high emotional pitch, and beautifully constructed. - Alan Furst, New York Times Book Review. At once a thriller and a moral tale, this taut,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786706570
• ISBN13: 9780786706570
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Carroll & Graf Publishers
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.3" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Fair Warning

This seems to be an alternative title for "Lying with the Enemy." Same picture on cover, etc. Do wish they'd warn us so we don't wind up with 2 copies of the same book--just different titles.

Enlightening & Provocative

Tim Binding's book sets as its scene the German occupation of Guernsey during the Second World War. The people, who differ from the mainland English due to their former French identity, are made to live with their occupants in 'harmony'. This is something that some characters find easy to do while others struggle at it. Some, however, do it for convenience and to raise their social standing. The novel questions the moral decisions these characters make in a world which is distorted and unreal, making the entire question of morality warped as the island is camptured in a time when nothing feels real. What the would have decided at peacetime is not something they will opt for in times of trouble. Binding's novel is illuminating in exploring the human condition, and the prioritisation of values which bring out the true nature of a human being in crisis. A good read.