When Blackbirds Sing
By (Author) Martin Boyd
Text Publishing
The Text Publishing Company
23rd July 2014
Australia
228
Width 128mm, Height 198mm
172g
The harsh realities of the Great War prompt a reappraisal of values for Dominic Langton in this devastating conclusion to Martin Boyd's series. We rejoin Dominic as he journeys back to war, re-enlisting at the start of World War I. Leaving his wife in Australia to tend to their sheep farm he heads back to England and reconnects with an old flame, Sylvia. After killing a man and witnessing the atrocities of war, Dominic vows to change his ways, cleansing himself of all his past indiscretions and wrongdoings. He returns home to Australia a changed man.
'The sophistication of this novel meshes so perfectly with the heartfelt story that it tells. When Blackbirds Sing well deserves its place on my shelves.' ANZ LitLovers
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