The Pork Butcher

By David Hughes

Book Overview

During the Second World War, a unit of the German army of occupation in France was troubled by partisan activity and decided on reprisals against the town of Oradour. As a result of that decision, the name of that small place is known around the world.
In the novel, a former soldier, who was swept up by his unit against his will on that day, for he had a rendezvous with a woman with whom he intended to escape, nevertheless took part in the massacre; many years later, he returns to Oradour on a kind of pilgrimage of penance. The visit is oddly pleasurable and oddly disappointing-until he finds a physical clue that destroys his last hope that he can be innocent in his own eyes.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0941533492
• ISBN13: 9780941533492
• Release Date: April 1998
• Publisher: New Amsterdam Books
• Length: 123 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.4" x 0.4" x 5.9"