The Ghost Road
Book description
Winner of the 1995 Booker Prize
Set in the closing months of World War I, this towering novel combines poetic intensity with gritty realism as it brings Pat Barker's Regeneration trilogy to its stunning conclusion.
In France, millions of men engaged in brutal trench warfare are all "ghosts in the…
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The culmination of the trilogy, The Ghost Road, continues Barker’s exploration of the morality of war as the war draws to an end. Dr. Rivers’ successful treatment of Billy Prior has resulted in Prior’s return to the front where he prepares to enter the war’s final battles, detailing his experiences in a diary. Rivers’ himself continues to care for patients while revisiting pivotal scenes from his own past.
From Mary's list on WW1 through multiple perspectives.
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