The Last Flight of Poxl West (Hardcover)

from ansate

It starts out straight as a historical memoir, which wasn't grabbing me, but it slowly morphs into something that makes you think about how family is defined, and how much truth is or is not an important part of relationships.

from jamieschecter

Enjoyed the story. Set in WWII and present-ish day. Multiple perspectives of a man's life and history.

from Beamis12

A Jewish teenager, Elijah, reveres the older man who is his Uncle Poxl. This man has time for him, takes him to museums, discusses art and literature with him and tells him stories of his life during the war. This is the bare bones of the story but this is a story within a story and telling more ...

from susan0316

This novel was made up of two stories - the first story was the coming of age story of Elijah, the nephew of Poxl West who hero worshipped him in the beginning of the book. It is also the story of Poxl - a Czechoslovakian who fled to Amsterdam and then to London during World War II. He left peopl...

from knittingmomof3

The Last Flight of Poxl West by Daniel Torday is a magnificent book debut and one the reader will not want to set down. Torday has expertly crafted a multilayered, multigenerational look at a family's life after WWII, what it means to be a family, love, loss and the craft of storytelling. The Las...