{"product_id":"the-last-flight-of-poxl-west-9781250081605","title":"The Last Flight of Poxl West","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW \u003c\/i\u003eEDITORS' CHOICE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE \u003ci\u003ePHILADELPHIA INQUIRER\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE 2015 NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD \/\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eJJ GREENBERG MEMORIAL AWARD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFINALIST FOR THE 2017 SAMI ROHR PRIZE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE 2017 INTERNATIONAL DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFINALIST FOR THE 2015 WALLANT AWARD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePoxl 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePoxl West is the epitome of manhood and something of an idol to his teenage nephew, Eli Goldstein, who reveres him as a brave, singular, Jewish war hero. Poxl fills Eli's head with electric accounts of his derring-do, adventures, and romances, as he collects the best episodes from his storied life into a memoir. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe publishes that memoir, \u003ci\u003eSkylock\u003c\/i\u003e, to great acclaim, and its success takes him on the road, and out of Eli's life. With his uncle gone, Eli throws himself into reading his opus and becomes fixated on all things Poxl. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut as he delves deeper into Poxl's history, Eli begins to see that the life of the fearless superman he's adored has been much darker than Poxl let on, and filled with unimaginable loss from which he may have not recovered. As the truth about Poxl emerges, it forces Eli to face irreconcilable facts about the war he's romanticized and the vision of the man he's held so dear. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDaniel Torday's debut novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Flight of Poxl West\u003c\/i\u003e beautifully weaves together the two unforgettable voices of Eli Goldstein and Poxl West, exploring what it really means to be a hero, and to be a family, in the long shadow of war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Daniel Torday\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250081605\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDANIEL TORDAY is the Director of Creative Writing at Bryn Mawr College. An author and former editor at \u003ci\u003eEsquire \u003c\/i\u003emagazine, Torday currently serves as an editor at \u003ci\u003eThe Kenyon Review\u003c\/i\u003e. His short stories and essays have appeared in \u003ci\u003eEsquire, Glimmer Train, Harper Perennial's Fifty-Two Stories, Harvard Review, The New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Kenyon Review\u003c\/i\u003e. Torday's novella, \u003ci\u003eThe Sensualist\u003c\/i\u003e, won the 2012 National Jewish Book Award for debut fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44233644114035,"sku":"9.78125E+12","price":24.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_97fa7db7-eadd-45ec-b827-c85f44dabff5.jpg?v=1768746328","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-last-flight-of-poxl-west-9781250081605","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}