When Does "Walls" (2021) Take Place?
"Walls" is a historical fiction novel written by L.M. Elliott that released July 27th, 2021. So when is "Walls" set?
It takes place in the years:
We know this because on the first page the narrator tells us, "It wasn't as if he was trying to invade the Soviet Union." The Soviet Union was a federal organization of states that ceased to exist in December of 1991 AD. Therefore it is most likely before December of 1991 AD.
1960 AD - 1961? AD
We know this because on the first page the narrator tells us, "It wasn't as if he was trying to invade the Soviet Union." The Soviet Union was a federal organization of states that ceased to exist in December of 1991 AD. Therefore it is most likely before December of 1991 AD.
"All in German? Even Gunsmoke and Alfred Hitchcock Presents?" “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” .
More specifically, later in the first chapter we see Andrew McMahon "stopped when he overheard therm discussing Francis Gary Powers–the American U-2 pilot who'd been shot down by the Russians while taking photos of them." almost immediately after someone says, "Think we'll hold up under questioning?" and "He better." The real-world United States of American Air Force.pilot Francis Gary Powers was shot down over Soviet air space flying a secret spy mission on May 1st, 1960 AD. On February 10th, 1962 AD Powers was released as part of a prisioner exchange. So it must be during or after May of 1960 AD and before February of 1962 AD.
At the start of the second chapter the narrator simply says, "He'd been in Germany for almost three weeks." telling us a mere 3 weeks have passed since the start of the book.
"I had a terrific time at the Kinderfest." "You were visiting your cousin to see the fireworks for the Kinderfest"...
"Those are Soviet T-34s."
Furthermore, the subheading under the "CHAPTER ONE" heading reads: "AUGUST 1960". and the subheading under the "CHAPTER TWO" heading reads: "SEPTEMBER 1960".
"A proclamation from the Warsaw Pact to our brothers and comrades, the Deutchlandsender announcer brayed an Drew translated to himself. Our brave Volksarmee soldiers are at this moment securing out sector border. They do this to protect all East Germans from the warmongers in the West, who scheme against us."
More specifically the first line of the last chapter reads, "Three weeks after his day at Marienfelde, on a radiant seventy-five-degree August afternoon"... So it must be August of 1961 AD.
Finally, the the subheading under the "CHAPTER THIRTEEN" heading reads: "AUGUST 1961".
