Robert is a dashing upper-classEnglishman, Daniel a proud Jewish communist. They are comrades at the Battle ofEl Alamein in 1942, fighting together in North Africa and Italy as part of thevictorious Eighth Army. Despite their vastly different backgrounds and opposingpolitical beliefs, they form a deep bond in the crucible of global conflict. Fourteen years later, the twomen meet again at the time of the Suez Crisis, with the Soviet Union preparingto invade Hungary. Robert, unhappily married to a beautiful artist and with ascheming aristocratic mistress, is a Foreign Office official, while Daniel is ajournalist on the communist Daily Worker. The friends find theirloyalties – to one another and to their country – torn apart as the worldteeters on the brink of yet another war.At once epic and intimate, Levin’sWar is a novel about love, disillusionment and betrayal set against thebackdrop of the crumbling British Empire. Spanning continents and decades, thenovel examines how enduring values – both personal and political – canwithstand the tumultuous tide of twentieth-century history.
