The Watermelon Boys Philip Vellacott Librarian note: Alternative covers for

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Publication Date: 06 Apr 2010

an exceptional examination of the power of choice and the unreliability of memory

a compilation of articles originally written by Le Corbusier for his own avant-garde magazine

and changed her life forever

The Watermelon Boys Philip Vellacott Librarian note: Alternative covers for*** Betty Trask Award 2019 winner ***It is the winter of 1915 and Iraq has been engulfed by the First World War. Hungry for independence from Ottoman rule, Ahmad leaves his peaceful family life on the banks of the Tigris to join the British led revolt. Thousands of miles away, Welsh teenager Carwyn reluctantly enlists and is sent, via Gallipoli and Egypt, to the Mesopotamia campaign. Carwyns and Ahmads paths cross, and their fates are bound together.