BOOK REVIEW – The Coldest War: The second genre-defying thriller in the Milkweed Triptych
August 1, 2012
Miriam Laufer
Book Critic
Book Review
The Junkman, living alone in East Ham, London in 1963, fantasizes about burning the children who taunt him daily. In his imagination, fireballs erupt from his fingertips and scorch the tiny humans into ash. While reprehensible, his wishes seem implausible–except, in Ian Tregellis’ alternate Britain, the Junkman is not crazy. His name is Reinhardt and, once upon a time, he could shoot fire.
Tregellis’ first novel, Bitter Seeds, introduces World War II in an alternate universe, [...]