FALLEN HERO by G J GRIFFITHS
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FALLEN HERO
Chris is a confused man. Brought up a British baby boomer, he is surprised to find he has a connection with Fritz, an orphaned German boy who was found dead in the boot of General Patton’s Cadillac at the end of World War 2. Chris discovers the link through a meeting with Jimmy Lucas, an American GI, who he believes could be his father. But the surprise turns to horror when he learns that Jimmy was involved in the death of both the orphan and the General.
The meeting, and subsequent confrontation, between Chris and Jimmy takes place in San Francisco, decades after the Cadillac incident, under duplicitous circumstances of Chris’s own making. The tragedy that follows this confrontation causes Walt, the loyal comrade-in arms of Jimmy and the man who saved his life, great pain and distress. Unable to face up to this Chris is frightened back to Britain, where he buries the details in the back of his mind. Diminished in his own eyes, ashamed and full of self-reproach Chris cannot find the courage to discuss it with Wendy, his wife.
He concentrates for many years on leading a decent life, respected by the community and loved by his family, but struggles to balance this with what he feels is his own flawed inner character. When Walt contacts Chris he is eager to see him again. He hopes, deep down, to make amends for what was done back then in San Francisco. Walt is the only man who has come close to being the father figure that Chris sought throughout his earlier life. Could his devious actions, painfully and inadvertently revealed to Walt, have destroyed any chance of friendship with this, his new hero?
About the author:
G.J. Griffiths is a retired Science teacher with some early experience of the Photographic trade. Born in the United Kingdom he is a very happy Grandad who thought he would like to write a book. This is his first novel.
Who Do They Think They Are?
Watching those programs on TV about different people looking into their ancestral past, and seemingly becoming very upset about certain individuals in their pedigree, he wondered about how much their emotions had been stirred by forebears, such as cousins, grandparents and even great-grandparents. After all they had never met them or never even knew about their existence previous to their research. The tears, regrets and often anger that became evident on the screen betrayed how delicate feelings may often lie very near the surface.
At the same time he had been reading Winston Churchill’s volumes about the Second World War and also reading about the Battle of the Bulge, of Band of Brothers fame. It occurred to G J Griffiths: What if someone was looking into their ancestry and discovered that their forefather was involved in a plot to assassinate a famous general from WW2? What if that general was George S Patton who was so vital in relieving the US troops trapped in the Battle of the Bulge? He had read that Patton often could be a thorn in the side of his senior officers at that time.
And so he created three pivotal fictional characters around this idea of unpleasant discovery; of an assassination plot involving the father of Chris Squires. The father he never knew dashes his hopes to the ground. How would Chris feel? How would he react? Once the author started writing the story the characters took over and he had to continue the tale where they took it!
GJG hopes you enjoy reading the book as much as he did writing it. Let him know at:
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