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Anatomy of a Soldier
By (Author) Harry Parker
Faber & Faber
Faber & Faber
25th January 2017
29th December 2016
Main
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary
823.92
Short-listed for Authors' Club Best First Novel Award 2017
Paperback
320
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 22mm
309g
Imagine if your whole life changed in the blink of an eye . . . Captain Tom Barnes is leading British troops into a war zone when he is gravely injured by an exploding IED. This devastating moment and the transformative months that follow are narrated here by forty-five objects, telling one unforgettable story.
Harry Parker grew up in Wiltshire. He joined the British Army when he was 23 and served in Iraq in 2007 and Afghanistan in 2009 as a Captain. He is now a writer and artist and lives in London.