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Elizabeth Wein’s Code Name Verity uses the epistolary form to tell a devastating story about two friends in WWII. I look at the way storytelling within the frame of the story uses lies, mistakes, and deceit to create an incredibly layered narrative. Read the book before you listen because you only get once unspoiled and it is worth it to go in unaware. MANY SPOILERS. ALL THE SPOILERS.
Elizabeth Wein’s Code Name Verity uses the epistolary form to tell a devastating story about two friends in WWII. I look at the way storytelling within the frame of the story uses lies, mistakes, and deceit to create an incredibly layered narrative. Read the book before you listen because you only get once unspoiled and it is worth it to go in unaware. MANY SPOILERS. ALL THE SPOILERS.