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Day

Day

by A.L. Kennedy

2008FictionLiteraturePrisoners and prisonsVeteransWorld War, 1939-1945
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About this book

Winner of the 2007 Costa Book AwardAlfred Day wanted his war. In its turmoil he found his proper purpose as the tail-gunner in a Lancaster bomber; he found the wild, dark fellowship of his crew, and - most extraordinary of all - he found Joyce, a woman to love. But that's all gone now - the war took it away. Maybe it took him, too. Now in 1949, employed as an extra in a war film that echoes his real experience, Day begins to recall what he would rather forget...

Themes & subjects

FictionLiteraturePrisoners and prisonsVeteransWorld War, 1939-1945Recollection (Psychology)
First published 2008

Setting

Great Britain

About the author

A.L. Kennedy
A.L. Kennedy

22 October 1965

Scottish writer, academic and stand-up comedian.

Author

A.L. Kennedy

First published

2008

Pages

288

Read time

≈ 7h

Editions

11

Language

English

Publisher

Penguin Random House

ISBN

9781407017266

Where to buy

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