The Soldier's Return
On sale
28th December 2006
Price: £10.99
THE FIRST NOVEL IN ‘ONE OF THE MOST DISTINGUISHED LITERARY SERIES IN RECENT TIMES’ (SUNDAY TELEGRAPH)
‘His masterpiece’
Sunday Times
‘Outstandingly good’
Scotsman
‘A great achievement’
Observer
When Sam Richardson returns in 1946 from the ‘Forgotten War’ in Burma to Wigton in Cumbria, he finds the town little changed. But the war has changed him, broadening his horizons as well as leaving him with traumatic memories. In addition, his six-year-old son now barely remembers him, and his wife has gained a sense of independence from her wartime jobs. As all three strive to adjust, the bonds of loyalty and love are stretched to breaking point in this taut, and profoundly moving novel.
‘His masterpiece’
Sunday Times
‘Outstandingly good’
Scotsman
‘A great achievement’
Observer
When Sam Richardson returns in 1946 from the ‘Forgotten War’ in Burma to Wigton in Cumbria, he finds the town little changed. But the war has changed him, broadening his horizons as well as leaving him with traumatic memories. In addition, his six-year-old son now barely remembers him, and his wife has gained a sense of independence from her wartime jobs. As all three strive to adjust, the bonds of loyalty and love are stretched to breaking point in this taut, and profoundly moving novel.
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Reviews
His study of a relationship between man and wife in difficulties is brilliantly convincing...A passionately moving novel
His masterpiece
Outstandingly good...Must be one of the best English novels of the last ten years. It rings true; its characters matter...utterly credible, utterly compelling, and very enjoyable
[He] writes with tremendous empathy...One of the tautest and fiercest of Bragg's fictions
Sympathetic, touching, infinitely believable...a highly accomplished novel
Strong, straightforward, explicit, evocative
A great achievement
Reads like Lawrence...Feels like the book Bragg was born to write