Noonday
The Life Class Trilogy (Book 3)
- Author Pat Barker
- Narrator Anne Reid, Finlay Robertson, John Sackville, Juliet Stevenson, Stephen Boxer
- Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
- Publish Date 27 August 2015
- Run Time 9 hours and 47 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Historical fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Romance in uniform, Second World War fiction.
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What to expect
Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Noonday by Pat Barker, read by Juliet Stevenson, Stephen Boxer, John Sackville, Anne Reid & Finlay Robertson
From the Booker Prize-winning and Women's Prize-shortlisted author of The Silence of the Girls
The final novel in Pat Barker's acclaimed 'Life Class' trilogy - an unforgettable story of art and war, from one of our greatest writers on war and the human heart
'Bold, hard-hitting, unforgettable, with luminous and unsparing insight' Independent on Sunday
'Barker's command of detail and gift for metaphor are as sharp as ever... Noonday is in the first rank' Mail on Sunday
'[There is] no end to her talent in describing how conflicts rupture the soul' Arifa Akbar, Independent
London, the Blitz, autumn 1940. As the bombs fall on the blacked-out city, ambulance driver Elinor Brooke races from bomb sites to hospitals trying to save the lives of injured survivors, working alongside former friend Kit Neville, while her husband Paul works as an air-raid warden. As the bombing intensifies, the constant risk of death makes all three of them reach out for quick consolation. Old loves and obsessions re-surface until Elinor is brought face to face with an almost impossible choice. Writing about the Second World War for the first time, Pat Barker brings the besieged and haunted city of London into electrifying life.
The Life Class trilogy:
Life Class
Toby's Room
Noonday
| Author | Pat Barker |
|---|---|
| Narrator | Anne Reid, Finlay Robertson, John Sackville, Juliet Stevenson, Stephen Boxer |
| Series | The Life Class Trilogy |
| Duration | 9 hours and 47 minutes |
| Release Date | |
| ISBN | 9780241975725 |
| Format | Audiobook |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Genre | Historical fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Romance in uniform, Second World War fiction |
| Availability | AU, GB, IE |
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