Double Vision from Pat Barker, a gripping novel about the effects
of violence on the journalists and artists who have dedicated
themselves to representing it In the aftermath of September 11,
2001, reeling from the effects of reporting from New York City, two
British journalists, a writer, Stephen Sharkey, and a photographer,
Ben Frobisher, part ways. Stephen, facing the almost simultaneous
discovery that his wife is having an affair, returns to England
shattered; he divorces and quits his job. Ben returns to his
vocation. He follows the war on terror to Afghanistan and is
killed. Stephen retreats to a cottage in the country to write a
book about violence, and what he sees as the reporting journalist's
or photographer's complicity in it; it is a book that will build in
large part on Ben's writing and photography. Ben's widow, Kate, a
sculptor, lives nearby, and as she and Stephen learn about each
other their world speedily shrinks, in pleasing but also disturbing
ways; Stephen's maid, with whom he has begun an affair, was once
lovers with Kate's new studio assistant, an odd local man named
Peter. As these connections become clear, Peter's strange behavior
around Stephen and Kate begins to take on threatening implications.
The sinister events that take place in this small town, so far from
the theaters of war Stephen has retreated from, will force him to
act instinctively, violently, and to face his most painful
revelations about himself.
General
Imprint: |
Picador USA
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
September 2000 |
First published: |
December 2004 |
Authors: |
Pat Barker
|
Dimensions: |
210 x 138 x 17mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
258 |
Edition: |
1st Picador ed |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-312-42410-7 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
|
LSN: |
0-312-42410-8 |
Barcode: |
9780312424107 |
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