Summary:
Each guide comprises three sections:
an Introduction, which outlines the aims of the guide, the relevant exam board specification and Assessment Objectives
Text Guidance, which gives coverage of key aspects of the text
Questions and Answers, which focuses on the various types of essay questions and offers specifmen plans and sample answers, together with mark schemes

• Succint and accessible coverage of all the key aspects of the set text, including contexts, interpretations and controversies
  

• Clear outline of the exam board specifications and their Assessment Objectives
  

• Invaluable Question and Answer section with various types of questions, plans, mark schemes and answers
  

Table of Contents:
Introduction
Aims of the guide
Assessment Objectives
Revision advice
Writing examination essays
Text Guidance
Contexts
Biographical context
Historical context: the Second World War
Literary context
Chapter summaries and notes
Characters
Children, adults and coming of age
Spies
Social background and the Close
Themes
Images, symbols and motifs
Language, style, structure and voice
Literary terms and concepts
Questions and Answers
Essay questions, specimen plans and examiner notes
Sample essays
Further study

About the Author(s):
Robert Swan is a head teacher and has extensive experience of teaching contemporary texts for A-level literature, as well as politics and history. He is also author of the Teacher Resource Pack on The Second World War Novel and the Student Text Guide on Atonement, also published by Philip Allan Updates.