Mr Mac and Me
by Esther Freud
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1914 - In the village of Dunwich on the Suffolk coast young Thomas Maggs befriends mysterious Scotsman and artist, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, whom the locals call Mac. Just as Thomas and Mac's friendship begins to bloom, war with Germany is declared and as the war weighs increasingly heavily on the community, the villagers on the home front become increasingly suspicious of Mac and his curious behavior.
World War, 1914-1918FictionWorld war, 1914-1918, fictionEngland, fictionFiction, historical, generalArtists, fictionScotsBoysArtistsFriendshipFiction, historicalNew York Times reviewed