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The ghost road  Cover Image Book Book

The ghost road / Pat Barker.

Barker, Pat, 1943- (Author).

Summary:

A World War I novel on civilized and uncivilized warfare. The protagonist is a British psychologist, treating soldiers for shell shock. Before the war he lived in a British colony in the Far East, studying headhunters until the practice was banned by the British as uncivilized. Now, as he witnesses the carnage of civilized artillery and machine guns he asks himself why is this not banned? By the author of The Eye in the Door.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0525941916
  • ISBN: 9780525941910
  • ISBN: 9780142180600
  • ISBN: 0142180602
  • ISBN: 9780452276727
  • ISBN: 0452276721
  • Physical Description: 277 pages ; 23 cm
  • Publisher: New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Dutton, [1996]

Content descriptions

General Note:
"A William Abrahams book."
Awards Note:
Booker Prize, 1995.
Subject: Rivers, W. H. R. (William Halse Rivers), 1864-1922 > Fiction.
Owen, Wilfred, 1893-1918 > Fiction.
World War, 1914-1918 > Great Britain > Fiction.
Psychiatrists > Fiction.
Poets > Fiction.
Great Britain > Fiction.
Owen, Wilfred, 1893-1918
Rivers, W. H. R. (William Halse Rivers), 1864-1922
Poets.
Psychiatrists.
Great Britain.
Genre: Historical fiction.
War stories.
Historical fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Fiction.
Historical fiction.
War stories.
War stories.
Historical fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Biographical fiction.
War stories.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Skagit Evergreen Libraries. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at La Conner Swinomish Library District. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at La Conner Regional Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
La Conner Regional Library FIC BARKER 110534 FICTION Available -


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