I love a good 'coming of age' story but this wasn't nearly as interesting and memorable as others I've read. It held my interest but it wasn't great.
This is a charming, funny and readable story of a very eccentric wartime childhood. Given that the book was written in old age, one has to wonder how much was actual memory and how much was liberal use of the imagination to fill in the gaps, but it was nevertheless entirely believable. It is interes...