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Double Vision: A Novel (Barker, Pat)by Pat Barker
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Book DescriptionFarrar, Straus and Giroux. Used - Like New. Book summaryPat Barker sets her ninth novel in a post-9/11 world in which two men, a writer and a photographer, return to England from New York, devastated by their experiences. Ben, the writer, is later killed covering the war in Afghanistan; Stephen divorces his unfaithful wife, quits his job, and retires to the countryside in search of solitude in which to write a book. But then Ben's widow enters his life.Media Reviews"[A] wholly engrossing book....[W]ithin the arc of Barker's rich creative career,... discordance may be the necessary byproduct of the originality, the innovation of a restlessly ambitious new work. Where the melodies of the novel mesh, they display a writer at the height of her powers. The few times they clash are almost more beautiful: in them, you can hear the even more impressive, because rarer, sound of an artist growing." -- New York Times Book Review Publisher NotesProfoundly affected by the events of September 11th and its aftermath, two British journalists return to England--Stephen Sharkey to divorce and quitting his job, and photographer Ben Frobisher to follow the war on terror to Afghanistan and death on the battlefield--in a gripping study of the effects of violence on those who come in contact with it. Other Recommended Books
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