Summary
A book about a weather report? Zzzzzz.
It could be boring, but in the case of Englishman Giles Foden's new novel, "Turbulence," it isn't. "Turbulence" is a terrific story whose main action, the D-Day invasion, takes place in 1944. Think about having to get right an acceptable meteorological forecast for the Allies' invasion of France, D-Day. That is what young math enthusiast Henry Meadows, fresh from Cambridge with a Ph.D., must do.See the full content of this document
Extract
Readers Delve Into War, Weather and Deep Thoughts
Technically, the invasion was called Operation Neptune in 1944, the first phase of Overlord, or popularly, D-Day. It was cruc...
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