Death In Captivity | 
pickA mild pick here; I found this a bit much in some ways, because even though the description of life in a prisoner of war camp is very light and matter-of-fact... it makes it all the more clear the author experienced it, and is writing from that experience.
Plus, without saying too much, the solution to the mystery is a part of that grimness.
Still, there's something to be said about the power of Gilbert's writing that it made me feel that way!
Well... here I am again. It's been a long time -- exams, health stuff, etc, all have kept me a bit hermitlike for a while. But I'm hoping to find a little more time for Litsy now, at least for a while!
This is my current read, and it feels a bit grim. It's set in a prisoner-of-war camp, presented reasonably cheerfully, but with the grimness of it all never far below the surface. (The intro points out that Gilbert was writing from experience.)
pickThis is an interesting one if you read Vintage books as historical documents. Gilbert was a WWII POW in Italy and he brings the camp and characters vividly to life. It's an entertaining read.
However this book also reminds you that Eugenics was invented by the English, and the way Italian are described made me grit my teeth at the Superiority complex. Also at the Classism, officers had orderlies, even in Prison Camp?!
I‘m looking forward to this vintage mystery where the #victim is found in a WWII era tunnel. #scarathlon #photoprompt
pickThis was a great read. Murder strikes in a prisoner of war camp in Italy, and one of the POWs turns detective. The plots to outwit the guards and rig up escape tunnels reminded me of Hogan‘s Heroes 😆
I have been trying to ignore lists and guilt trips about "you should be reading X" or "you shouldn't buy new books till you read X number of old ones" (that kind of thing has been killing my love of reading), so today I dropped by Waterstones to grab a pile of British Library Crime Classics, which always seem to suit my mood!
