Double Vision

Pat Barker

After reading the Regeneration trilogy and enjoying that, this was a disappointing book; he liked the style and straightforward narrative and unpretentious dialogue but was still feeling let down. Caroline described it as "Joanna Trollope with knobs on".
Bob 20/3/05
Another very good book by Pat Barker, with war the subject once again.This time, however, it's the recent war in Afghanistan and the book is set in England afterwards.

The book is about how people cope with big changes in their lives, without being heroic. The characters are all believable, the book has a good sense of place and nothing very outrageous or evewn exciting happens.Recommended.
Doreen 26/9/04

This is her latest book. Caroline really enjoyed it - complex rounded characters, as always with Pat Barker.
Caroline 21/11/04
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