Little Boy Lost

Laski’s novel Little Boy Lost is as enthralling as it is heart-wrenching. A man grapples with questions of emotional responsibility, fatherhood, and memory. Laski describes a much-changed France, struggling to rebuild its morale after the ruin caused by wartime bombing and occupation.

English writer Hilary Wainwright lost all trace of his young son when Lisa, his wife, was killed by the...