Expo 58
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9782070142798 (2070142795)
Publish date: February 13th 2014
Publisher: Gallimard
Pages no: 330
Edition language: French
This novel was a real stroke of luck, as I bought it just because I liked the cover, and Brussels, and wanted to read a bit about Expo 58 ;) And it has been standing about in my bookshelf for a considerable amount of time since I bought it...The story was fun, exciting and really well-written. The h...
Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for providing me with a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review, thank you! Having a Belgian mother and a father who used to own a pub, Tom Foley is selected to leave his boring desk job at the Central Office of Information to keep an eye on Th...
All the world is coming to Brussels for the World's Fair, beginning in the spring of 1958. Thomas Foley is coming because his bosses at the Central Office of Information think he'll be a natural at overseeing the replica British pub in the British Pavilion, because his mother is Belgian and his fath...
bookshelves: radio-4, published-2013, autumn-2013, belgium, period-piece, spies Read from September 07 to 21, 2013 BABTBBC BLURB: London 1958: Unassuming civil servant Thomas Foley is plucked from his desk at the Central Office of Information and sent on a six-month trip to Brussels. His task - to...
BABTBBC BLURB: London 1958: Unassuming civil servant Thomas Foley is plucked from his desk at the Central Office of Information and sent on a six-month trip to Brussels. His task - to keep an eye on The Britannia, a brand new pub which will form the heart of the British presence at Expo 58, the bigg...
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