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Guernica

Dave Boling

Dave Boling has concocted a lively saga about family loyalty in the horrific times of the long and depressive Spanish Civil War and the obliteration of the town of Guernica on the eve of World War II.

Its pages are packed with history of the area and the Basque Culture flows through Boling’s words. Their pride and resilience through the oppression by the Franco Regime and the appalling act of terrorism, so unpublicised, in 1937 when the town was bombed almost into annihilation, show their indomitable spirit. Picasso is in the tale, as is his painting of Guernica – his depiction of the massacred town that was kept practically unannounced to the world.

Set in 1935, Miguel Navarro in trouble with the Spanish Civil Guard flees his home, the fishing village of Lekeitio, to make a fresh start inland. Guernica the generational centre of the Basque’s is his where he begins again.

This may be a novel but it’s based on the truth of events that should never have happened. The characters are champions in hardship, tough yet real, who suffer tremendous loss yet through their tragedy and with courage they grow stronger and with resilience rebuild their lives, their town, their future and their beliefs.

This is a huge tale, a marvellous read and a glorious tale that should have been that, just a story and not a deed.

*This book was received as a gift.*

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