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The Lie
Helen Dunmore
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Description for The Lie
Paperback. 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. Behind him is also the most intense relationship of his life. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 224.
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. Behind him is also ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Windmill Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099559283
SKU
V9780099559283
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-29
About Helen Dunmore
Helen Dunmore was an award-winning novelist, children’s author and poet who will be remembered for the depth and breadth of her fiction. Rich and intricate, yet narrated with a deceptive simplicity that made all of her work accessible and heartfelt, her writing stood out for the fluidity and lyricism of her prose, and her extraordinary ability to capture the presence ... Read more
Reviews for The Lie
[A] superb, timely novel of the First World War
John Sutherland
The Times
Helen Dunmore ... is a poet as well as a novelist, who is celebrated for her delicate language and acute observations. The Lie is no exception. This really is an expert novel.
Sunday Times
The bar for book of the year is ... Read more
John Sutherland
The Times
Helen Dunmore ... is a poet as well as a novelist, who is celebrated for her delicate language and acute observations. The Lie is no exception. This really is an expert novel.
Sunday Times
The bar for book of the year is ... Read more