Mark Harris

Five Came Back: A Story of Hollywood and the Second World War (2014)

I loved Harris's earlier book but I just can't get into this one. There's a bit too much derring-do-love. It's so full of research that there's no room for character. At page 114, where I've abandoned ship, I am still wondering who William Wyler and George Stevens kind of are, and having read Lil...