Accidental Journey: A Cambridge Internee's Memoir of World War II

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Summary: A British raconteur's delightfully wry look at World War II.
Review: Couldn't put it down. The author is a marvelous storyteller, and writes in a wonderfully humorous and detached manner about his part in the War in Europe. As a native German speaker, he found himself initially interned and shipped to Canada for security purposes, and later involved in many improbable situations throughout his service with the British tank corps. It reads as if the author is sitting in the living room relating his tales. Incomparable

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Summary: Amazing story and a fun read!
Review: I really enjoyed this book. The author has a great gift in recognizing irony when he see's it, and a very sharp wit. It was very different than the many other WWII biographies I have read. The situations and circumstances Lynton found himself in during those years are almost unbelievable.
At times his casual, dry approach towards what would seem like a tramatic or dramatic event is puzzling, although he does state on a couple occasions that many of those circumstance have been covered in so many other books that he didn't feel the need to go into depth with them.
His description about what it was like to be an "alien" (German Jew) in Great Britain was interesting, and very ironic that he couldn't become a British citizen, but was good enough to serve in their military.
The chapters about his time in the secret service was fascinating, with a lot of insight on what everyday life was like for civilians and servicemen in post-war Europe.
The book is filled with amazing twists and turns, and even humor in the way he sarcastically explains a situation.
Even though the ending was a little weak (reason for 4 not 5 stars) I would still highly recommend this book and had a hard time putting it down.

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Summary: I enjoyed this book so much
Review: that when I closed the final page, I fantasized about writing to Mark Lynton and telling him so! Insightful, humorous and thought provoking about WWII and life in general. Mr. Lynton is the kind of person I would like to sit next to at a dinner party!

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Summary: I enjoyed this book so much
Review: that when I closed the final page, I fantasized about writing to Mark Lynton and telling him so! Insightful, humorous and thought provoking about WWII and life in general. Mr. Lynton is the kind of person I would like to sit next to at a dinner party!