A Country Road, A Tree

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"Skilful . . . daring . . . an extraordinary story" * The Guardian * "[It is] the unexpected Beckett that is on show here. Baker pays tribute to a man who joined the French Resistance, narrowly escaped the Gestapo, fled south on foot and went into hiding, and was eventually awarded the Croix de Guerre" * The Times * "A fascinating fictional account of Samuel Beckett's wartime years" * IAN RANKIN * "Beautifully written, empathetic and unflinching, it is very, very good" * Daily Mail * "vivid and well-wrought" * Times Literary Supplement * "Insightful . . . beautifully paced . . . authentic" * The Irish Times * "In this worthy successor to Longbourn, she [Baker] skillfully captures Beckett's world, the rhythms of his bare-bones prose, and the edginess of his point of view." * Publishers Weekly * "Taking its title from Beckett's most famous play, Waiting for Godot, Baker's historical drama deftly explores the psyche of one of the greatest writers of the Twentieth Century." * Booklist * "Perfectly captures the deprivation, despair and constant creeping fear of an occupied people." * Red Magazine Must-Read of the Month * "This exquisitely crafted novel re-creates the World War II peregrinations of Samuel Beckett and the volatile Frenchwoman who became his life's companion" * Oprah Magazine *