The story of Koestler's imprisonment in France in 1940, his escape and his extraordinary and adventurous journey to the safety of London, which unfolds like some travel nightmare by Kafka. The 'scum of the earth' are those heroic individuals, like Koestler himself, who had fought the tide of fascism and come to live in liberal France under the mistaken impression that they would be safe.


Format Häftad Omfång 288 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag Eland Publishing Ltd Utgivningsdatum 2006-08-25 ISBN 9780907871491