Days Without End
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Days Without End

by Sebastian Barry

2016•War•287 pages

Taste attributes: warwesterndramaromanceunsavouryheavyrealisticlinearbig & variedemotive & stirringhuman spirit/resilience/survivalcomplex relationshiprescue/escape/jeopardy

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Boxlist takeExpect a stirring, heavy war novel, grounded rather than fantastical. Best if you like depth over escapism.

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4.0 / 5

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About This Book

Winner of the 2016 Costa Book of the Year and longlisted for the 2017 Man Booker Prize. Sebastian Barry's sensational new novel set in mid-19th Century America. After signing up for the US army in the 1850s, aged barely seventeen, Thomas McNulty and his brother-in-arms, John Cole, fight in the Indian Wars and the Civil War.Having both fled terrible hardships, their days are now vivid and filled with wonder, despite...

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

WarWesternDramaRomanceHuman spirit/resilience/survivalComplex relationshipRescue/escape/jeopardy

Subjects

MilitarySoldiersHistoryUnited StatesUsaCivil warLGBTQ historical fiction

Details

Author
Sebastian Barry
Published
2016
Pages
287
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