A "NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW "EDITORS' CHOICE
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE "PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER "
A stunning debut novel from award-winning author Daniel Torday, in which a young man recounts his idolization of his Uncle Poxl, a Jewish, former RAF pilot, exploring memory, fame, and storytelling.

Poxl West fled the Nazis onslaught in Czechoslovakia. He escaped their clutches again in Holland. He pulled Londoners from the Blitz s rubble. He wooed intoxicating, unconventional beauties. He rained fire on Germany from his RAF bomber.

Poxl West is the epitome of manhood and...