The Week at World's End

In 1962, during the Cuban Missile Crisis, Ray builds a shelter in the woods behind his house in London. He discovers an American girl, reported missing, hiding there. With neighbors turning against each other, will Ray be willing to help her? This tense, clever thriller is Emma Carroll's best book yet.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 320 pages
Publication date: 03 March 2022
Publisher: Faber & Faber

1962, London, during the Cuban Missile Crisis

What would you do if there was a real possibility that the world might end? Ray, aware of his parents' building worry, decides to take matters into his own hands. He builds a shelter in the woods behind his house in the hope that he never has to use it. Only to discover that someone else needs it more than he does. An American girl, reported missing, has turned up there. Why is she hiding? And with neighbors turning against neighbors, will Ray be willing to help her? Set over the six days when the Cuban Missile Crisis became public knowledge, this tense, clever thriller might just be Emma Carroll's best book yet!

Synopsis:
1962, London, during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Ray, aware of his parents' building worry, decides to take matters into his own hands. He builds a shelter in the woods behind his house in the hope that he never has to use it. Only to discover that someone else needs it more than he does. An American girl, reported missing, has turned up there. Why is she hiding? And with neighbors turning against neighbors, will Ray be willing to help her? Set over the six days when the Cuban Missile Crisis became public knowledge, this tense, clever thriller might just be Emma Carroll's best book yet!

Weight: 284g
Dimension: 130 x 198 x 26 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780571332830
Edition number: Main