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A. L. Kennedy
ISBN: 9780099494058
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Vintage
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Alfred Day wanted his war. In its turmoil he found his proper purpose as the tail-gunner in a Lancaster bomber; he found the wild, dark fellowship of his crew, and - most extraordinary of all - he found Joyce, a woman to love. But that's all gone - the war took it away.
Alfred Day wanted his war. In its turmoil he found his proper purpose as the tail-gunner in a Lancaster bomber; he found the wild, dark fellowship of his crew, and - most extraordinary of all - he found Joyce, a woman to love. But that's all gone now - the war took it away. Maybe it took him, too. Now in 1949, employed as an extra in a war film that echoes his real experience, Day begins to recall what he would rather forget...
| ISBN | 0099494051 | | Weight (grammes) | 198 | | ISBN13 | 9780099494058
(What's this?) | | Published in | London | | Publisher | Vintage | | Height (mm) | 198 | | Imprint | Vintage | | Width (mm) | 130 | | Format | Paperback | | Spine width (mm) | 18 | | Publication date | 07 Feb 2008 | | Academic level | General | | Pages | 288 | |
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"A stunning read" Daily Mail "Day confirms, if confirmation were needed, that Kennedy is a singular, superlative author. I hope that the judges of this year's Man Booker prize pay particular attention to it" -- Stuart Kelly Scotland on Sunday "Kennedy does bleak the way the Russians do epic; unremittingly, awesomely and undershot with redeeming humour" -- Gillian Bowditch Sunday Times "Once again, Kennedy brilliantly interweaves over-wrought internal dialogue with external outrageous acts. The unfolding tenderness of nature and of amity blend superbly with the casualness of daily horror" -- Catherine Taylor Independent on Sunday "Day is more than a novel, it is an investigations into the difficulties of being alive" -- Eileen Battersby Irish Times  Be the first to write a customer review
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