A magnificent novel about war by one of the finest living British writers
A. L. Kennedy has twice been selected as one of Granta's Best of Young British Novelists and has won a host of other awards - including the Costa Book of the Year for her novel Day. She lives in Essex.
Kennedy is described in the literary press as not only one of our
finest, but also one of our most humane, writers
*Church Times*
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
*Scotland on Sunday*
Kennedy does bleak the way the Russians do epic; unremittingly,
awesomely and undershot with redeeming humour
*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
*Independent on Sunday*
Day is more than a novel, it is an investigations into the
difficulties of being alive
*Irish Times*
Day is a very good novel. It is largely about love, as most novels
are, but the author's skill with language... makes the average
cliché unique... Historical details become flesh and funny in her
hand
*Independent*
AL Kennedy has built a reputation as one of the fiercest, most
bloody minded and thrilling British writers and her new novel more
than backs that up... Day is an utterly engrossing read
*Metro*
Day is a remarkable performance
*Sunday Telegraph*
This is a remarkably clean lined book, of highly literary
construction, that still feels huge and wide ranging. Day is a
forceful, wholly achieved piece of work by a writer of enormous
power. It ought to win all the prizes going
*Daily Telegraph*
Well deserved to win the 2007 Costa book of the year
award...sophisticated texture...Ms Kennedy manages to make every
battle truism fresh
*Economist*
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