Day
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Vintage Publishing
Published:7th Feb '08
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
Winner of the 2007 Costa Book Award
Alfred Day wanted his war. he found the wild, dark fellowship of his crew, and - most extraordinary of all - he found Joyce, a woman to love. 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...
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...
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 *
- Winner of Costa Novel Award 2007
- Winner of Costa Book of the Year 2007
- Short-listed for The Clare Maclean Prize for Scottish Fiction 2007
ISBN: 9780099494058
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 17mm
Weight: 202g
288 pages