Summary
In Double Vision, Pat Barker returns to the subject of war. Insomnia, exhaustion, recurring nightmares - Stephen Sharkey is suffering the aftereffects of his career as a war reporter, most recently in Afghanistan, where Ben Frobisher, war photographer and friend, has been shot dead on assignment. Hanging up his flak jacket and turning his back on the everyday reality of war, Stephen moves into a quiet and peaceful cottage in the north of England. It seems the perfect environment in w…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140270754 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140270752 |
| Author: | Pat Barker |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 2 September 2004 |
| Weight: | 230g |
| Dimensions: | 200mm x 132mm x 20mm |
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Critics Review
“A story that is both terrifying and fascinating….Wholly engrossing.”
–Neil Gordon, “New York Times Book Review”
“One doesn’t often find the caliber of writing displayed in Barker’s latest, a compulsively readable novel.”
–Joanne Wilinson, “Booklist”
“As briskly taut as a thriller and, at the same time, a deeply thoughtful consideration of how our lives are changed by sweeping historical tragedy and everyday acts of violence…We keep paging rapidly through the novel, even as we pause to admire the trenchant reflections.”
–Francine Prose, “ O” Magazine
About The Author
Pat Barker
Pat Barker was born in Yorkshire and began her literary career in her late thirties, when she took a short writing course taught by Angela Carter. She has published sixteen novels, including her masterful Regeneration Trilogy which includes the Booker Prize-winning The Ghost Road. The Silence of the Girls was shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction and won an Independent Bookshop Award 2019. The Women of Troy was a number one Sunday Times bestseller. The Voyage Home continues the series.
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