David is 13 and confused. His mum has gone off with her lover and sent David to his grandparents to give her new relationshp some “space”. David’s grandfather, Jimmy – a Jewish veteran and survivor of the enforced labour on the Thai-Burma railway – is 70. Haunted by the ghosts of long-dead comrades, the only person he can confide in is a 13-year-old from a different world. Funny, wise and deeply moving, ...