From the prizewinning author of the acclaimed Last Orders, The Light
of Day, and Waterland, a powerfully moving new novel set in
present-day England, but against the background of a global "war on
terror" and about things that touch our human core. On an autumn
day in 2006, on the Isle of Wight, Jack Luxton--once a farmer, now the
proprietor of a seaside caravan park--receives the news that his
brother Tom, not seen for years, has been killed in combat in Iraq.
The news will have its far-reaching effects for Jack and his wife,
Ellie, and compel Jack to make a crucial journey: to receive his
brother's remains, but also to return to the land of his past and of
his most secret, troubling memories. A gripping, hauntingly intimate,
and compassionate story that moves toward a fiercely suspenseful
climax, Wish You Were Here translates the stuff of headlines into
heartwrenching personal truth. This eBook edition includes a Reading
Group Guide.
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ISBN
9780307957665
Publisert
2017
Utgiver
Random House Digital Inc.
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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