This is a surprisingly subtle, well observed autobiography, beautifully paced...Borowiec's war is learning experience and part of the charm of the book is learning with him...All this is described with self effacing gusto. -- Roger Boyes * The Times * A timely, angry, terribly moving and drily amusing account of an especially dark period in Poland's often tragic history * Telegraph * This account of the Warsaw Uprising is both harrowing and full of human and even humorous touches . . . The result is an important addition to our understanding of what was happening in Poland during the war years * The Tablet * In this packed, wise memoir, Borowiec describes a journey that is nothing less than an odyssey through the most harrowing of circumstances. Given the fate of many of his fellow Poles, that there was a happy ending for Borowiec is remarkable * The National * Borowiec is at his best when describing his own experiences - his excitement at throwing his first grenade; crawling through the sewers to move from one sector to another; and the surreal moments when normal life seemed to be continuing amid the carnage . . . Most striking, perhaps, amid all the horror, is just how exciting he found it all * Literary Review * A story of defiance, bravery and survival. Warsaw Boy is a real-life Boy's Adventure Story - Eat your heart out, Indiana Jones -- Shirley Conran A highly readable and engaging first-hand account of the tribulations of a country for which Britain went to war in 1939, and about which most of us still know far too little -- Roger Moorhouse, author of 'The Devils Alliance: Hitlers Pact with Stalin' An engaging memoir of wartime childhood . . . It is the fresh, often humerous voice of Borowiec that stands out throughout. Warsaw Boy is valuable for the story it tells of what a boy made of the war and what the war made of him * TLS * A uniquely personal and harrowing description of one of the most tragic events in the country's twentieth century history * Cyprus Mail * Hugely engaging. For all the horrors that Borowiec describes, his is an affectionate, wryly amusing account puntuated by episodes of warmth and humanity. Excellent * Financial Times *
