An Indian summer, 1942: "When I was thirteen, all I wanted to be was a hero." A young evacuee's response to the surrounding war-obsessed adult world seems the only one available to him, until he forms 'a particular friendship' with another boy, a Jewish refugee. This threatens the stability of his gang (who also mirror the racist/jingoist attitudes of adulthood), and he is caught in Forster's great liberal crux: your country or your friend?

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The Custard Boys

November 24, 1979

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Young John Curlew

Mark Stein

Lewis Craig

Andrew Craig

Willie Aldrich

Jacob Freen

Mrs. Curlew

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