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|author=P S Duffy
|title=The Cartographer of No Man's Land
|rating=4.5
|genre=Historical Fiction
|summary=Canadian sailing boat captain Angus McGrath joins the army in 1917 as a cartographer. However, the cosy London war offices are full of map makers and artists and what's more the career choice is a luxury when the high mortality rates at the front means the infantry needs constant replenishment. Angus therefore finds himself in France as a 1st lieutenant in the Canada Corps. Meanwhile his family continue their life in the small fishing village back home in Nova Scotia, his wife worrying about her brother who has been declared missing in action. Angus is ideally placed to look for him but there are also other things demanding his attention, staying alive being only one of them.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1905802986</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
|summary=Until very recently Jansson was probably only known in the English-speaking world for her Moomin stories. Then along came ''Sort of'' books and their wonderful translators, foremost among them: Thomas Teal. And we started to understand what it was about the woman…
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1908745363</amazonuk>
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