I wanted to read this after watching Passage to Marseille.
This story is set during WWII. A group of men escapes from a prison in French Guyana. They are eventually picked up by a ship taking nickel ore to Marseille, but with the war in France, landing there may not be possible. Word reaches them that France has fallen, and the captain wants to head for England. There are people on board, however, that are more concerned with following orders. That means handing the ship over to the Germans, and the captain won't agree to that.
The story is being told to a reporter by a man who got to know them on that ship. It's short and easy to read. With it being this short, it's hard to get to know the characters. And multiple names starting with the letter 'M' didn't help. I will probably remember the basic elements of the plot, but the characters didn't get the time they needed to distinguish themselves from each other. It's an okay story, but I think it would have been better drawn out into a full novel. It would've given time to develop the characters enough that I cared about their fate.
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