A review by flogigyahoo
Their Finest Hour and a Half by Lissa Evans

5.0

A lighthearted book about terrible times, WW II in England. Lissa Evans can be witty and at times downright funny, but when she describes war torn England she gets very serious. Catrin Cole joins the Ministry of Information during the war and is sent to type drafts of public service movie shorts. One of her ideas is brought to the attention of a higher up and metamorphoses into a complete movie for the war effort. We meet Ambrose Hilliard, an old washed up actor unable to accept that he's a has been, his agent, Sammy Smith, Arthur Firth, shy, totally hopeless, appointed adviser of military affairs since he was at Dunkirk, Edith, a seamstress at Madame Tussaud's when it is bombed, and who by chance becomes the clothing adviser on the movie set, Mr Buckley, Catrin's boss, who has some of the best lines in the novel. One of the funniest scenes is Ambrose, commanding a dog he detests on the movie set. What a novel. Recommended.