Library home. Books by Pat Barker

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ANOTHER WORLD

\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 5249 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 5
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 6.75
\pause{1500}Reader: Harling, Frank
\pause{1500}Main subject: Contemporary Fiction
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Nick's grandfather, Geordie, is dying and remembers long buried secrets. At the same time Nick and his wife Fran begin to learn terrifying things about the past of their new home, Lobs Hill.

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BORDER CROSSING

\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 5777 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 9
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 8.25
\pause{1500}Reader: Leeson, John
\pause{1500}Main subject: Contemporary Fiction
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Tom Seymour, a child psychologist, pulls a young man from the river and realises it is Danny Miller, a child murderer. Now out of prison Danny asks Tom to help him make sense of his past. Whilst he agrees to help Tom questions Danny's motives and his own.

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DOUBLE VISION

\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 6461 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 0
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 9.00
\pause{1500}Reader: Sanctuary, Gerald
\pause{1500}Main subject: Contemporary Fiction
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Stephen Sharkey, a retired war reporter, has moved to a peaceful cottage in the North of England. There he plans to write a book based on the work of a friend killed in Afghanistan. Though he is now away from war-torn places he is still witness to people's suffering and the effects of human brutality.

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EYE IN THE DOOR, THE

\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 5020 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 7
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 10.00
\pause{1500}Reader: Leeson, John
\pause{1500}Main subject: War Stories
\pause{1500}Additional subject: Contemporary Fiction
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Guardian Fiction Award. 2nd in series. Sequel to: Regeneration (4980). In spring 1918 & possible defeat by Germany, Britain searches for scapegoats - pacifists & homosexuals.

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GHOST ROAD, THE

\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 4329 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 5
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 7.50
\pause{1500}Reader: Sanctuary, Gerald
\pause{1500}Main subject: Contemporary Fiction
\pause{1500}Additional subject: War Stories
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3rd in trilogy (sequel to Eye in the Door 5020). In 1918 young lieutenant returns to France after suffering shell-shock, but his experiences challenge his assumptions about the war.

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MAN WHO WASN'T THERE, THE

\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 2826 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 4
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 4.00
\pause{1500}Reader: Griffin, George
\pause{1500}Main subject: Contemporary Fiction
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Boy's make-believe world becomes real life drama

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MAN WHO WASN'T THERE, THE

\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 15581 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 4
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 4.00
\pause{1500}Reader: Griffin, George
\pause{1500}Main subject: Contemporary Fiction
\pause{1500}Additional subject: Key stage 4 - ages 14 - 16 years
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Boy's make-believe world becomes real life drama

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REGENERATION

\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 4980 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 8
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 10.75
\pause{1500}Reader: Leeson, John
\pause{1500}Main subject: War Stories
\pause{1500}Additional subject: Contemporary Fiction
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1st in trilogy. A powerful portrayal of a group of men trying to come to terms with the intolerable experiences of World War 1.

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UNION STREET

\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 5541 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 9
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 8.50
\pause{1500}Reader: Harling, Frank
\pause{1500}Main subject: Contemporary Fiction
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All the women of Union Street deal with poverty and survival in a precarious world, from eleven year old Kelly coping with rape to old Alice looking forward to death. Explicit sex.

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