The Small Back Room

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  • A
  • true
  • modern
  • classic,
  • THE
  • SMALL
  • BACK
  • ROOM
  • is
  • a
  • towering
  • novel
  • of
  • the
  • Second
  • World
  • War.Sammy
  • Rice
  • is
  • a
  • weapons
  • scientist,
  • one
  • of
  • the
  • 'back
  • room
  • boys'
  • of
  • the
  • Second
  • World
  • War.
  • A
  • crippling
  • disability
  • has
  • left
  • him
  • cynical
  • and
  • disillusioned
  • -
  • he
  • struggles
  • with
  • a
  • drink
  • problem
  • at
  • home,
  • and
  • politics
  • and
  • petty
  • pride
  • at
  • work.
  • Worse
  • still,
  • he
  • fears
  • he
  • is
  • not
  • good
  • enough
  • for
  • the
  • woman
  • he
  • loves.The
  • stakes
  • are
  • raised
  • when
  • the
  • enemy
  • begin
  • to
  • drop
  • a
  • new
  • type
  • of
  • booby-trapped
  • bomb,
  • causing
  • many
  • casualties.
  • Only
  • Sammy
  • has
  • the
  • know-how
  • to
  • diffuse
  • it
  • -
  • but
  • as
  • he
  • comes
  • face
  • to
  • face
  • with
  • real
  • danger,
  • all
  • his
  • old
  • inadequacies
  • return
  • to
  • haunt
  • him.Can
  • he,
  • at
  • last,
  • prove
  • his
  • worth
  • and
  • put
  • his
  • demons
  • to rest?
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