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Rain de Barney Campbell

Rain

Autor Barney Campbell
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 13 ian 2016
Drawing on his own experience, Barney Campbell'sRainis a powerful, vivid and affecting portrait of the Afghan frontline.

'No better on-the-ground description of Britain's war will ever be written.Rainis whatChickenhawkor, more recently,Matterhornwas to Vietnam. It's unputdownable, except for when the reader needs to draw breath or battle a lump in the throat'Evening Standard

Tom Chamberlain was destined to be a soldier from the moment he discovered a faded picture of his father patrolling the streets of Belfast.

With the war in Afghanistan at its savage peak, Tom is despatched from home in the dead of an anonymous September night, a blood tribute leaving without fanfare.

Full of eagerness, but wracked by self-doubt, he must discover who he is and what he is capable of.

But as the bonds with his comrades grow, home - and the loved ones left behind - seem ever more remote from the surreal violence and exhilaration of war.
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'Rainis not merely good, it's remarkable.Powerful, at times unbearably harrowing, it captures both the fear and exhilaration of men pushed to breaking point' JEREMY PAXMAN

'A wonderfully achieved, enthralling and moving novel of war. Its authenticity is as telling as it is terrifying' WILLIAM BOYD

'Gripping. . .the ending is genuinely shocking'DAILY MAIL

'One of the most powerful and emotional works ever written about British soldiers in battle. Troubling, funny, upsetting, exhilarating and deeply moving.You will never forget it' COLONEL RICHARD KEMP

'One of the best novels about the Afghanistan war.Brutally honest, it could have been a memoir' DAVID AXE
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781405921213
ISBN-10: 1405921218
Pagini: 368
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.26 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Notă biografică

Barney Campbell joined the army after university, was commissioned into the Blues and Royals and served with them for five years. He was deployed on a tour of Afghanistan in the winter of 2009/10. He is from the Scottish Borders and is currently working in Paris. Rain is his first novel.

Recenzii

The best book about the experience of soldiering I've read since Robert Graves's First World War classicGoodbye To All That.Campbell is a fantastic writer . . .Rainis a heartbreaking, brutally truthful first novel written with love and respect for the guys in the frontline
No better on-the-ground description of Britain's war in Afghanistan will ever be written.Rainis whatChickenhawkor, more recently,Matterhornwas to Vietnam.It's unputdownable, except for when the reader needs to draw breath or battle a lump in the throat
Incredibly powerful.The best thing I've read on the war in Afghanistan . . .Some books have to be read - this is one
Riveting. The evocation of life in a warzone is captivatingly real . . . As well as the extraordinary detailthere's a heartrending emotional depth. . . The result is eye opening and harrowing.A really powerful debut
A wonderfully achieved, enthralling and moving novel of war. Its authenticity is as telling as it is terrifying
Rainis not merely good, it's remarkable.Powerful, at times unbearably harrowing, it captures both the fear and exhilaration of men pushed to breaking point
One of the most powerful and emotional works ever written about British soldiers in battle. Troubling, funny, upsetting, exhilarating and deeply moving.You will never forget it
A powerful and moving story of war with all the authenticity of a memoir
Thrilling, gut-wrenching and profoundly moving, this book, like all the very best novels of war, has the utterly compelling grip of authenticity
An extraordinary book: authentic, beautifully written and very moving
Simply superb. It could becomethe defining account of British soldiers in Afghanistan
One of the best novels about the Afghanistan war. Brutally honest, it could have been a memoir.ReadRain
Gripping . . .the ending is genuinely shocking
A raw novel about the war in Afghanistan . . . the book smells completely authentic
A must-read debut
This is without doubt the best and most readable account of a modern combat soldier's life that I have read.The unique relationship between officer and soldier is brilliantly explored, as is the impact of war on loved ones left behind. Then there's the raw fear, the shock of the real thing, the loss of comrades and the sense of absolute mutual commitment that carries the day.I cannot commend it too much. A modern classic