January 2014 eBook of the Month.
Shortlisted for the Ondaatje Prize 2015.
A tale rooted in the sadness of the effect of World War I on those who returned. We are going to get a lot of these in this centenary year. This one is from a very fine writer indeed. It tells of Daniel, a poor village boy, trying to forge a life while damaged and traumatised, intercepted with flashbacks to the war and to his relationship with a childhood friend.
Official guidance information is included which is fascinating and Dunmore’s description of how things smell, the mud, dirt, wounds, men etc. is quite extraordinary. There are several lies and a huge amount of sadness; a most impressive book.
Nominated for the Folio Prize and shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize for Historial Fiction, and the Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize.
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Nominated for the Folio Prize and shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize for Historial Fiction, and the Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize.Set during and just after the First World War, The Lie is an enthralling, heart-wrenching novel of love, memory and devastating loss by one of the UK's most acclaimed storytellers.Cornwall, 1920, early spring.A young man stands on a headland, looking out to sea. He is back from the war, homeless and without family.Behind him lie the mud, barbed-wire entanglements and terror of the trenches.
The Lie features in the following genres: Historical Fiction, eBooks of the Month, Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Book Club Recommendations, Romance / Relationship Stories, Fiction, Recommendations, General Fiction
Paperback, Hardback. £8.99, down from the £9.99 cover price. In Stock.
The Lie was written by Helen Dunmore and published by Windmill Books an imprint of Random House
The Lie has 294 pages
£8.99, reduced from £9.99. In Stock.
