Richard's Feet

by Carey Harrison

Set in England and Germany just after World War II, the central character in this story of intrigue and obsession mysteriously disappears while in Spain in 1948, faking his own death to begin a new life under an assumed name. The book is the first of a projected quartet entitled "To Liskeard".

Genres: Fiction, Historical Fiction

725 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1990

About the author

Carey Harrison was an English novelist and dramatist.

Reviews

[Peter · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent and enthralling read.

A big book that demands your attention. The story follows Richard Thurgo his childhood in Ireland and Cornwall to his later life, living under an assumed identity in post war Hamburg.
Along the way, we follow him from public school, to becoming a solicitor, a RAF officer, Nazi killer, Hamburg gangster and finally, back to 60's Britain.
His journey is an epic study of a life in turmoil and how it impacts on those around him, as he becomes the catalyst that changes lives for ever.
At times it is not an easy read and demands your complete attention, at other times its almost whimsical, but it is always readable and rewards you with a memorable character with a memorable story to tell.

[Gayle · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was a hard slog but I don't like giving up on a book. A history of a British guy born during the First World War who has an affinity with Germany and visits pre-Second World War and then ends up living there after the War. Quite a lot of heavy description which was hard going.