#theghostroad

[tenaciousvoidgentlemen]

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I finished the third part of Pat Barker's marvellous Regeneration trilogy, with the Booker prize wunning The Ghost Road. Even though I am no expert on Lewis Carroll or his Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, there are aparent references to them that add further layers on top of the Jekyll & Hyde refs of the second book, building even more intrigue and fascination to the beguiling stories of Billy Prior, Dr Rivers, Wilfred Owen, Siegfried Sassoon and other real-life people from 1918, with the novel veering off in unexpected tangents to worlds far away. Small passages of the book, such as the inevitable First World War battlefield trench warfare scenes, evoke such unexpected horror and sadness. The stupid things humanity does. Devestating. Amazing writing. So worth reading. Also apt that I managed to read some of this book whilst on the island of Malta so steeped in centuries of war and defence, looking out across from my balcony towards St Angelo... #books #Booker #bookstagram #whatimreading #goodreads #bookworm #PatBarker #TheGhostRoad #war #LewisCarroll # WilfredOwen #SiegfriedSassoon #poets #warpoetry #Malta #travel #travelphotography #roomwithaview #balcony #Valletta (at Valletta, Malta) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0Sx_79A5ap/?igshid=1b619246odn23

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