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Mon 04 Apr 2007Back to the popular frontThe second World War is a story that won't release its hold, and Justin Cartwright's latest novel is a tale worth telling, writes Eileen Battersby.And still the war. History continues spinning its story of conflict and celebration, discovery and horror. Yet no matter what new chapter is written, novelists and film-makers remain preoccupied by the events of the second World War.