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Days Without End

By: Sebastian Barry
Narrated by: Aidan Kelly
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Winner of the 2016 Costa Book of the Year
Winner of the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2017
Winner of the Independent Bookshop Week Book Award 2017
Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2017

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 the horrors they both see and are complicit in. Then when a young Indian girl crosses their path, the possibility of lasting happiness seems within reach, if only they can survive.

'Pitch perfect, the outstanding novel of the Year.' Observer
‘Absolutely captivating.’ Val McDermid
‘A masterpiece.’ Ali Smith©2016 Sebastian Barry (P)2016 W.F. Howes Ltd Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction War & Military War Heartfelt
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I didn’t want this book to end. It was beautifully crafted. The sensitivity, and kindness contrasted with the brutality kept me anchored to the story.

Mesmerising narration

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What a beautiful book! The author uses language so well, to bring what could have been another dull account of war, to a meaningful measure of the depths of humanity reached in these situations. Bravo!

Beautiful

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Could not turn this off. The harsh lives imposed on the characters is offset by the tender love between the boyhood friends, John and Thomas. Indian/soldier conflicts, civil war, famine and hardship are overcome time and again by love and true friendship. A great book.

Riveting

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I thoroughly enjoyed this story. Especially the language and beauty of the words. I've not been all that interested in the civil war, and thought I'd read enough grief on the massacres of Indians. But Barry wrote such a compelling tale of honesty, and commraderie and love. I had no choice but to hear it all. The last paragraph had me holding tightly to my device and begging for a good end. To not know which way it would go right up to the last page was just one last enjoyment of this truly magnificent tale.

How to make the bleak beautiful.

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Wonderful narration and story.
My first experience of Barry’s writing and will be seeking out more.
I wasn’t sure about the story for the first 1/3 but persevered and so glad I did.

Builds well, great story

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