A magnificent novel about war by one of the finest living British writers
A.L. Kennedy has published four previous novels, two books of non-fiction, and three collections of short stories, most recently Indelible Acts. She has twice been selected as one of Granta's Best of Young British Novelists and has won a number of prizes including the Somerset Maugham Award, the Encore Award and the Saltire Scottish Book of the Year Award. She lives in Glasgow and is a part-time lecturer in creative writing at St Andrews.
Kennedy is described in the literary press as not only one of our
finest, but also one of our most humane, writers * Church Times
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Day confirms, if confirmation were needed, that Kennedy
is a singular, superlative author. I hope that the judges of
this year's Man Booker prize pay particular attention to it --
Stuart Kelly * Scotland on Sunday *
Kennedy does bleak the way the Russians do epic; unremittingly,
awesomely and undershot with redeeming humour -- Gillian Bowditch *
Sunday Times *
Once again, Kennedy brilliantly interweaves over-wrought internal
dialogue with external outrageous acts. The unfolding tenderness of
nature and of amity blend superbly with the casualness of daily
horror -- Catherine Taylor * Independent on Sunday *
Day is more than a novel, it is an investigations into the
difficulties of being alive -- Eileen Battersby * Irish Times *
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