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On first night of US-Norway book tour tales of Finnmark kids, ammunition and Gestapo men begging for mercy
I have taken my stories of the scorched earth destruction of wartime Finnmark and the far north of Norway on the road during the past few weeks: opening a literary festival in Merseyside at the beginning of the month and … Continue reading
Scorched Earth Stories 