Wish you were here / Graham Swift.
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TextPublication details: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2012.Edition: 1st U.S. edDescription: 319 p. ; 22 cmISBN: - 0307700127 (hardback)
- 9780307700124 (hardback)
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Main Library | Fiction | Swift Gra | Available | 33111006714444 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
On an autumn day in 2006, on the Isle of Wight, Jack Luxton--once a Devon 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. For Jack and his wife, Ellie, this will have unexpected, far-reaching effects. For Jack in particular it means a crucial journey: to receive his brother's remains and to confront his most secret, troubling memories.
A hauntingly intimate, deeply compassionate story about things that touch and test our human core, Wish You Were Here also looks, inevitably, to a wider, afflicted world. Moving toward a fiercely suspenseful climax, it brilliantly transforms the stuff of headlines into heart-wrenching personal truth.
"A novel set in the Devon countryside in England, in which a man, the son of a dairy farmer, has to cope with the recent death of his brother, a soldier in Iraq; repair his relationship with his wife; and cope with the complicated legacy of his family's past"-- Provided by publisher.