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Set during and just after the First World War, The Lie is an enthralling, heart-wrenching novel of love, memory and devastating loss by one of the UK's most acclaimed storytellers.
Cornwall, 1920. Daniel is back from the war, homeless and without family. However, his closest friend and commanding officer Frederick did not return and Daniel is haunted by the loss of him. As Daniel ekes out a lonely subsistence existence on a small plot of land, his memory plays over happier times with Frederick, significant moments and lost chances. Behind him lie the mud, barbed-wire entanglements and terror of the trenches. Behind him is also the most intense relationship of his life. Daniel has survived, but the horror and passion of the past seem more real than the quiet fields around him. He is about to step into the unknown. But will he ever be able to escape the terrible, unforeseen consequences of a lie?
Shortlisted for The Walter Scott Prize and The Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize 2015
Paperback, 200 Pages, Published 2014
Author: Helen Dunmore