Time Was by Ian McDonald is a slender lyrical story about two WWII soldiers who wide up crisscrossing the 20th century, seemingly seeing only the most violent parts, after an experiment goes awry. The story is told by Emmett Leigh a seller of old books and begins when he finds a letter hidden in the pages of a book of poetry. This puts him on the track of Ben and Tom, our time drifting soldiers.
The book was not quite what I was expecting. I thought the story would be more about the two who were lost in time but it wound up being more about the narrator. Nevertheless I enjoyed it and would recommend it.
