THE MOON IS DOWN (audiobook) by John Steinbeck

Originally published in 1942.
Audiobook originally published in 1999.
Read by George Guidall
Duration: 3 hours, 42 minutes.
Unabridged.

John Steinbeck's The Moon Is Down is about the Nazi German invasion of Norway even though none of the countries involved is ever named and the names of the characters are generic names that you would find in any American town.

This is the story of a small town that is taken over by a small part of the German army led by a colonel. The town is important because it has a coal mine and a port and the colonel's job is to keep the coal moving out to Germany as fast as possible.

The book is not about the village fighting back, as in we do not see armed partisans attacking Germans in the streets (you do hear about them, though.) Instead, it is a discussion of the nature of humankind in the midst of the tragedy of war.

This sounds like it would be a boring book, but I found it to be interesting and engrossing. I recommend it highly.

I give this book a rating of 5 stars. It can be found on Amazon.com here: The Moon Is Down by John Steinbeck.