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The Clouds Are Big with Mercy by Fred Urquhart, Isobel Murray is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Clouds Are Big with Mercy about?
By 1937, many people, both employed and unemployed, were anticipating war, but from 1939 they were all thrust into it. Fred Urquhart's second collection of short stories reflects this. The young men are often reluctant to sign up for the Forces: the world seems on the move. Tenement dwellers react to the mysteries of Blackout, sirens, air-raids, air-raid shelters. Urquhart's stories reflect all this in robust and often comic fashion. The longest, 'The Laundry Girl and the Pole', concerns one of
Who reads The Clouds Are Big with Mercy?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Fred Urquhart, Isobel Murray
- Publisher
- Glasgow: Kennedy & Boyd
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781849211079
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Historical Fiction
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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