| Edition |
First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition. |
| Description |
415 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits, genealogical table ; 24 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Note |
"First published in Great Britain in 2016 by Chatto & Windus, an imprint of Random House"--Back of title page. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Dad is a Spy and Mum is Pakistani -- Surprise, Kill and Vanish -- Your Father is a Bastard -- The Dense Mixed What? -- The Talented Mr. Ripley -- The Last Tango -- Ground Control -- To Major Tom -- But, Daddy, That's Not Your Name. |
| Summary |
A family memoir about the author's race to document her father's story as a World War II paratrooper before his mind succumbed to dementia relates how he overcame formidable obstacles and maverick impulses to join an elite special ops unit that was a first collaboration between the American and British Secret Services. |
| Subject |
Carew, Tom (Thomas Arthur)
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Carew, Keggie.
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Carew, Tom (Thomas Arthur) -- Mental health.
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Spies -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Dementia -- Patients -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
9780802125149 (hardback) |
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080212514X (hardback) |
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