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Paperback. Alfred Day wanted his war. In its turmoil he found his proper purpose as the tail-gunner in a Lancaster bomber; he found the wild, dark fellowship of his crew, and - most extraordinary of all - he found Joyce, a woman to love. But that's all gone - the war took it away. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 208. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Alfred Day wanted his war. In its turmoil he found his proper purpose as the tail-gunner in a Lancaster bomber; he found the wild, dark fellowship of his crew, and - most extraordinary of all - he found Joyce, a woman to love. But that's all gone now - the war took it away. Maybe it took him, too.
Now in 1949, employed as an extra in a war film that echoes his real experience, Day begins to recall what he would rather forget...
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099494058
SKU
KJE0000706
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About A.L. Kennedy
A. L. Kennedy has twice been selected as one of Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists and has won a host of other awards – including the Costa Book of the Year for her novel Day. She lives in Essex.
Reviews for Day
Kennedy is described in the literary press as not only one of our finest, but also one of our most humane, writers
Church Times
Day confirms, if confirmation were needed, that Kennedy is a singular, superlative author. I hope that the judges of this year's Man Booker prize pay particular attention to it
Stuart Kelly
Scotland on Sunday
Kennedy does bleak the way the Russians do epic; unremittingly, awesomely and undershot with redeeming humour
Gillian Bowditch
Sunday Times
Once again, Kennedy brilliantly interweaves over-wrought internal dialogue with external outrageous acts. The unfolding tenderness of nature and of amity blend superbly with the casualness of daily horror
Catherine Taylor
Independent on Sunday
Day is more than a novel, it is an investigations into the difficulties of being alive
Eileen Battersby
Irish Times
Day is a very good novel. It is largely about love, as most novels are, but the author's skill with language... makes the average cliché unique... Historical details become flesh and funny in her hand
Katy Guest
Independent
AL Kennedy has built a reputation as one of the fiercest, most bloody minded and thrilling British writers and her new novel more than backs that up... Day is an utterly engrossing read
Metro
Day is a remarkable performance
Jane Shilling
Sunday Telegraph
This is a remarkably clean lined book, of highly literary construction, that still feels huge and wide ranging. Day is a forceful, wholly achieved piece of work by a writer of enormous power. It ought to win all the prizes going
Tim Martin
Daily Telegraph
Well deserved to win the 2007 Costa book of the year award...sophisticated texture...Ms Kennedy manages to make every battle truism fresh
Economist
Church Times
Day confirms, if confirmation were needed, that Kennedy is a singular, superlative author. I hope that the judges of this year's Man Booker prize pay particular attention to it
Stuart Kelly
Scotland on Sunday
Kennedy does bleak the way the Russians do epic; unremittingly, awesomely and undershot with redeeming humour
Gillian Bowditch
Sunday Times
Once again, Kennedy brilliantly interweaves over-wrought internal dialogue with external outrageous acts. The unfolding tenderness of nature and of amity blend superbly with the casualness of daily horror
Catherine Taylor
Independent on Sunday
Day is more than a novel, it is an investigations into the difficulties of being alive
Eileen Battersby
Irish Times
Day is a very good novel. It is largely about love, as most novels are, but the author's skill with language... makes the average cliché unique... Historical details become flesh and funny in her hand
Katy Guest
Independent
AL Kennedy has built a reputation as one of the fiercest, most bloody minded and thrilling British writers and her new novel more than backs that up... Day is an utterly engrossing read
Metro
Day is a remarkable performance
Jane Shilling
Sunday Telegraph
This is a remarkably clean lined book, of highly literary construction, that still feels huge and wide ranging. Day is a forceful, wholly achieved piece of work by a writer of enormous power. It ought to win all the prizes going
Tim Martin
Daily Telegraph
Well deserved to win the 2007 Costa book of the year award...sophisticated texture...Ms Kennedy manages to make every battle truism fresh
Economist