Author:Pat Barker
From the Booker Prize-winning and Women's Prize-shortlisted author of The Silence of the Girls
The final novel in Pat Barker's acclaimed 'Life Class' trilogy - an unforgettable story of art and war, from one of our greatest writers on war and the human heart
'Bold, hard-hitting, unforgettable, with luminous and unsparing insight' Independent on Sunday
'Barker's command of detail and gift for metaphor are as sharp as ever... Noonday is in the first rank' Mail on Sunday
'[There is] no end to her talent in describing how conflicts rupture the soul' Arifa Akbar, Independent
London, the Blitz, autumn 1940. As the bombs fall on the blacked-out city, ambulance driver Elinor Brooke races from bomb sites to hospitals trying to save the lives of injured survivors, working alongside former friend Kit Neville, while her husband Paul works as an air-raid warden. As the bombing intensifies, the constant risk of death makes all three of them reach out for quick consolation. Old loves and obsessions re-surface until Elinor is brought face to face with an almost impossible choice. Writing about the Second World War for the first time, Pat Barker brings the besieged and haunted city of London into electrifying life.
The Life Class trilogy:
Life Class
Toby's Room
Noonday
Publisher's description. Pat Barker brings the besieged and haunted city of Blitz-era London to electrifying life in Noonday, the third and final novel in her 'Life Class Trilogy'. Bombs are falling on London and, still suffering from the losses of the Great War, Elinor, Paul and Kit must face war's horrors once again...
—— PenguinA masterly analyst of human behaviour....Carefully nuanced and engaging...Puts the work of most other historical novelists in the shade
—— Nick Rennison , Sunday TimesI found this deeply moving; a fine tribute to the early work of the War Graves Commission, which I’ll never take for granted again
—— SagaOnce again Ben Kane is a master storyteller, the historical detail is amazing
—— Frost MagazineEagles In The Storm is everything you could want from a historical tale
—— Culture FlyBloodthirsty, soaked in the sweat and tears of its time, this is a fine blend of history and action
—— Historical Novel Society
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