num_pages: 282
description: Librarian note: This a previously-published edition of ISBN 0140083758.The restrictions of a wartime childhood in London and subsequent post-war shortages have done little to enrich Timothy's early youth. But everything changes when Timothy's glamorous older sister, Kath, invites him to spend the summer at Heidelberg.
language: English
title: Out Of The Shelter
titlecomplete: Out Of The Shelter
genres: Fiction, Humor, Coming Of Age, British Literature, World War II, Germany, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Novels
ratings_count: 874
awards: awardedAt: 28800000
name: Booker Prize
category: The Lost Man Booker Prize Longlist
publisher: Penguin Books, Limited (UK)