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.", referring to the . So it must be .
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.", referring to the . So it must be .
"All in German? Even Gunsmoke and Alfred Hitchcock Presents?" and "They broadcast Fibber McGee, What's My Line?, and Johnny Dollar." and ..."and Linda lived by Lassie."
the narrator gives us a window into Andrew McMahon's mind describing his sister, ..."she was a read-headed lookalike of Leslie Caron in An American in Paris and seemed to make teenage boys' knees knock."
"Ian Fleming? Whoa." and "You know, James Bond. Casino Royale, Live and Let?? ?? Goldfinger."
More specifically, later in the first chapter we see ..."he 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.", referring to .
At the start of the second chapter, "He'd been in Germany for almost three weeks."
"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"
"It's just... just like Animal Farm.", referring to .
"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".
