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Hal Treherne is a young and dedicated soldier on the brink of a brilliant career. Impatient to see action his other deep commitment is to Clara his beautiful 'red white and blue girl' who sustains him as he rises through the ranks. When Hal is transferred to the Mediterranean Clara now his wife and their baby daughters join him. But Cyprus is no 'sunshine posting' and the island is in the heat of the Emergency: the British are defending the colony against Cypriots - schoolboys and armed guerrillas alike - battling for enosis union with Greece. The skirmishes are far from glorious and operations often rough and bloody. Still in serving his country and leading his men Hal has a taste of triumph. Clara shares his sense of duty. She must settle down make no fuss smile. But action changes Hal and Clara becomes fearful - of the lethal tit-for-tat beyond the army base and her increasingly distant husband. The atrocities Hal is drawn into take him further from Clara; a betrayal that is only part of the shocking personal crisis to come.The prizewinning and bestselling author of The Outcast returns with an emotionally powerful portrait of a marriage in extremis and a world-view in question. Sadie Jones has produced a passionate gut-wrenching and brilliantly researched depiction of a 'small war' with devastating consequences; and in doing so raises important questions that resonate profoundly today.Read More

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  • Foyles

    Hal Treherne is a soldier on the brink of a brilliant career. Impatient to see action, his other commitment in life is to his beloved wife, Clara, and when Hal is transferred to Cyprus she and their twin daughters join him. But the island is in the heat of the emergency; the British are defending the colony against Cypriots - schoolboys and armed guerillas alike - battling for union with Greece.Clara shares Hal's sense of duty and honour; she knows she must settle down, make the best of things, smile. But action changes Hal, and the atrocities he is drawn into take him not only further from Clara but himself, too; a betrayal that is only the first step down a dark path.Longlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction.

  • 0099540525
  • 9780099540526
  • Sadie Jones
  • 15 April 2010
  • Vintage
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 480
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