The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson
Books of Titans Podcast
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The Bombings of the Second World War
"I had the sickening feeling that hundreds of people were being murdered in a most savage way, almost with any stone's throw. And there was nothing to do about it," he writes. As bombs fell and fires burned, "they discussed literature amidst these bombs" He adds: "Just at some point they realized there was nothing they could do and they just tried to go on as normal."
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