The small back room

By Nigel Balchin

Subjects: Fiction, war & military, World war, 1939-1945, fiction, Bombings, Fiction, historical, general, London (england), fiction, World War, 1939-1945, Fiction, Classical fiction, Scientists, fiction, Fiction in English

Description: A classic 20th-century novel. Sammy Rice, a weapons scientist and one of the "backroom boys" of World War Two, suffers from a crippling disability that has left him cynical, disillusioned, and riddled with self-doubt. But, when the enemy begins dropping a new form of booby bomb, causing terrible casualties, Sammy alone has the know-how to defuse it. Face to face with real danger, he must confront his inadequacies - if he is to succeed.