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Double vision is a decent book by an author who has written much better. Double vision is set in barker s ne england, with both countryside and city drawn clearly. War reporter stephen sharkey returns to the ne to stay in his brothers isolated holiday cottage, he has resigned his job and plans to write a book. From the booker prizewinning and womens prizeshortlisted author of the silence of the girls a powerfully thoughtprov.
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Double vision by barker, pat and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. The debut book of this series is titled as regeneration. Buy double vision uncorrected proof copy by pat barker isbn. When the two meet, the coincidence of their lives, one of. Double vision is the tenth novel by the booker prizewinning pat barker, author of the muchpraised regeneration trilogy and like the trilogy, this work is profoundly concerned with the ripple. Stephen sharkey and ben frobisher, journalist and photographer respectively, are regularly faced with the reality of war. Double vision by the same author union street blow your house down lizas england formerly the centurys daughter the man who wasnt there regeneration the eye in the door the ghost road the regeneration trilogy another world border crossing double vision pat barker hamish hamilton an imprint of penguin books hamish hamilton ltd.
Pat barker s searing new novel about the atrocity of war and how two men struggle to come to terms with it. In the aftermath of september 11, reeling from the effects of reporting from new york city, two british journalists, a writer, stephen sharkey, and a photographer. The characters revolve around a sculptor whose photojournalist husband was. Pat barker is considered one of the premier british novelists to begin a career in the 1980s. Pat barkers characters pursue their author from novel to novel.
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