Small Wars
Written by: Sadie Jones
Category: Fiction
Genre: War
Book Details:
ISBN 10: 0701184566
ISBN 13: 9780701184568
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Chatto & Windus
Date Published: 2009
Language: English
Edition: Airport / Ireland / Export ed
Condition: As New
Appearance: The book is in 'As New' condition, indicating it is in pristine condition with no visible wear and tear. The cover is clean and intact, with no markings, creases, or damage. The pages are crisp and unmarked.
Synopsis:
Hal Treherne is a young and dedicated soldier on the brink of a brilliant career. Impatient to see action, his other deep commitment is to Clara, his beautiful red, white and blue girl, who sustains him as he rises through the ranks. When Hal is transferred to the Mediterranean, Clara, now his wife, and their baby daughters join him. But Cyprus is no sunshine posting, and the island is in the heat of the Emergency: the British are defending the colony against Cypriots schoolboys and armed guerrillas alike battling for enosis, union with Greece. The skirmishes are far from glorious and operations often rough and bloody. Still, in serving his country and leading his men, Hal has a taste of triumph. Clara shares his sense of duty. She must settle down, make no fuss, smile. But action changes Hal, and Clara becomes fearful of the lethal tit-for-tat beyond the army base, and her increasingly distant husband. The atrocities Hal is drawn into take him further from Clara; a betrayal that is only part of the shocking personal crisis to come. The prizewinning and bestselling author of The Outcast returns with an emotionally powerful portrait of a marriage in extremis and a world-view in question. Sadie Jones has produced a passionate, gut-wrenching and brilliantly researched depiction of a small wars with devastating consequences; and in doing so, raises important questions that resonate profoundly today.
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