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Sadie Jones, the award-winning and internationally bestselling author of The Outcast, returns with an ambitious, richly imagined novel that confirms her place in the literary firmament.
A passionate and beautifully written tale of personal loss in the midst of war in late 1950s Cyprus, Small Wars raises important questions that are just as relevant today.
What happens when everything a man believes in — the army, his country, his marriage — begins to crumble? Hal Treherne is a young British soldier on the brink of a brilliant career. Transferred to Cyprus to defend the colony, Hal takes his wife, Clara, and their daughters with him. But Hal is pulled into atrocities that take him further from Clara, a betrayal that is only one part of a shocking personal crisis to come. Small Wars is a searing, unforgettable novel from a writer at the height of her powers.
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A passionate and beautifully written tale of personal loss in the midst of war in late 1950s Cyprus, Small Wars raises important questions that are just as relevant today.
What happens when everything a man believes in — the army, his country, his marriage — begins to crumble? Hal Treherne is a young British soldier on the brink of a brilliant career. Transferred to Cyprus to defend the colony, Hal takes his wife, Clara, and their daughters with him. But Hal is pulled into atrocities that take him further from Clara, a betrayal that is only one part of a shocking personal crisis to come. Small Wars is a searing, unforgettable novel from a writer at the height of her powers.
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Passionate and brilliantly rendered, Small Wars questions how honor can exist amid cruelty and asks what becomes of intimacy in the grinding gears of empire.
A major in the British Army, Hal Treherne is a dedicated soldier on the brink of a brilliant career. He is eager to lead his men into combat; his wife, Clara, however, is relieved when they are posted instead to seemingly peaceful sun-kissed Cyprus. But war erupts over unification with Greece, the island is consumed by violence—and Hal discovers that his military training cannot help him navigate the minefields of moral compromise that lie beneath every battle he fights. Clara grows fearful of her increasingly distant husband. When she needs him most, she finds the once-tender Hal a changed man—a betrayal that is only part of the shocking personal crisis to come.
Sadie Jones lives in London with her husband and two children. Small Wars is her second novel.
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- PublisherChatto & Windus
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 0701184566
- ISBN 13 9780701184568
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Good. 376 pages. Cover worn Hal Treherne is a young and dedicated soldier on the brink of a brilliant career. Impatient to see acti on, his other deep commitment is to Clara, his beautiful red, whi te and blue girl, who sustains him as he rises through the ranks. When Hal is transferred to the Mediterranean, Clara, now his wif e, and their baby daughters join him. But Cyprus is no sunshine p osting, and the island is in the heat of the Emergency: the Briti sh are defending the colony against Cypriots schoolboys and armed guerrillas alike battling for enosis, union with Greece. The ski rmishes are far from glorious and operations often rough and bloo dy. Still, in serving his country and leading his men, Hal has a taste of triumph. Clara shares his sense of duty. She must settle down, make no fuss, smile. But action changes Hal, and Clara bec omes fearful of the lethal tit-for-tat beyond the army base, and her increasingly distant husband. The atrocities Hal is drawn int o take him further from Clara; a betrayal that is only part of th e shocking personal crisis to come. The prizewinning and bestsell ing author of The Outcast returns with an emotionally powerful po rtrait of a marriage in extremis and a world-view in question. Sa die Jones has produced a passionate, gut-wrenching and brilliantl y researched depiction of a small wars with devastating consequen ces; and in doing so, raises important questions that resonate pr ofoundly today. Seller Inventory # 1300f
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 376 pages. Hal Treherne is a young and dedicated soldier on t he brink of a brilliant career. Impatient to see action, his othe r deep commitment is to Clara, his beautiful red, white and blue girl, who sustains him as he rises through the ranks. When Hal is transferred to the Mediterranean, Clara, now his wife, and their baby daughters join him. But Cyprus is no sunshine posting, and the island is in the heat of the Emergency: the British are defen ding the colony against Cypriots schoolboys and armed guerrillas alike battling for enosis, union with Greece. The skirmishes are far from glorious and operations often rough and bloody. Still, i n serving his country and leading his men, Hal has a taste of tri umph. Clara shares his sense of duty. She must settle down, make no fuss, smile. But action changes Hal, and Clara becomes fearful of the lethal tit-for-tat beyond the army base, and her increasi ngly distant husband. The atrocities Hal is drawn into take him f urther from Clara; a betrayal that is only part of the shocking p ersonal crisis to come. The prizewinning and bestselling author o f The Outcast returns with an emotionally powerful portrait of a marriage in extremis and a world-view in question. Sadie Jones ha s produced a passionate, gut-wrenching and brilliantly researched depiction of a small wars with devastating consequences; and in doing so, raises important questions that resonate profoundly tod ay. Seller Inventory # 2673z
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