The ventriloquists / a novel by E.R. Ramzipoor.
-- The Nazis stole their voices. But they would not be silenced. Brussels, 1943. The Nazis track down Aubrion's team and give them an impossible choice: turn the resistance newspapers into a Nazi propaganda bomb that will sway public opinion against the Allies, or be killed. Faced with no decision at all, Aubrion has a brilliant idea. While pretending to do the Nazis' bidding, they will instead publish a fake edition of Le Soir The ventriloquists have agreed to die for a joke, and they have only eighteen days to tell it. Featuring an unforgettable cast of characters and stunning historical detail, E.R. Ramzipoor's dazzling debut novel illuminates the extraordinary acts of courage by ordinary people forgotten by time. It is a moving and powerful ode to the importance of the written word and to the unlikely heroes who went to extreme lengths to orchestrate the most stunning feat of journalism in modern history.
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- ISBN: 9781488035142
- ISBN: 1488035148
- Physical Description: 1 online resource
- Publisher: Toronto, Ontario : Park Row Books, [2019]
- Copyright: ©2019
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