0552775401 
Paperback The absolutist /
Publication year: 2012
Language: English
Media class: Paperback
Edition: New pbk. ed.
Genre: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945).
Category: Fiction
Publisher: Black Swan,
Resource type: Physical
ISBN: 0552775401 9780552775403 (pbk): 0552775401 : 9780552775403 :
Notes:
Originally published: London: Doubleday, 2011.
September, 1919. 20-year-old Tristan Sadler takes a train from London to Norwich to deliver some letters to Marian Bancroft. Tristan fought alongside Marian's brother Will during the Great War but in 1917, Will laid down his guns on the battlefield, declared himself a conscientious objector and was shot as a traitor.
"John Boyne has produced a gripping, superbly plotted novel, filled with surprises that are by turns confounding, disturbing and tremendously moving. For all its spellbinding narrative momentum, "The Absolutist" is, in the end, a sober meditation on the heartbreak that ensues when people and principles collide." --Paul Russell, author of "The Unreal Life of Sergey Nabokov" "A relentlessly tragic yet beautifully crafted novel." -"Publishers Weekly".
Originally published: London: Doubleday, 2011.
September, 1919. 20-year-old Tristan Sadler takes a train from London to Norwich to deliver some letters to Marian Bancroft. Tristan fought alongside Marian's brother Will during the Great War but in 1917, Will laid down his guns on the battlefield, declared himself a conscientious objector and was shot as a traitor.
Audience: Teen readers
Extent: 426 p. ; 20 cm.
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Just OK. Quite good. Not nice characters. Lack-lustre. More of a chore than a joy to read. Interesting in parts + threw up aspects of religion, homosexuality and other prejudices. Generally not liked very much.
05/11/15