Foreigners
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by Stephen Finucan
THE FALLEN NAVIGATES BRILLIANTLY THE SHIFTING TERRAIN OF
RIGHT VERSUS WRONG IN A HEARTBREAKING STORY OF LOVE,
FRIENDSHIP, AND THE BETRAYAL OF BOTH
It is the winter of 1944, and the newly liberated city of Naples has become an
ever more dangerous place. Among those charged with maintaining the military
security of the city is a young Canadian lieutenant named Thomas Greaves.
Greaves seems naive at first, but it soon becomes clear that he has demons to
exorcise, and that he sees his time in Naples as the opportunity to atone for a
tragic mistake made on the battlefield. His plans go awry though, and Greaves
lands in the murky world of gangsters and black marketers.