Pat Barker

3 summariesLiterary Fiction, Historical Fiction, Fiction

Patricia Mary W. Barker, is a British writer and novelist. She has won many awards for her fiction, which centres on themes of memory, trauma, survival and recovery. Her work is described as direct, blunt and plainspoken. In 2012, The Observer named the Regeneration Trilogy as one of "The 10 best historical novels".

Books by Pat Barker

3 books available

Regeneration
Pat Barker
4.0 (25k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction
After the Great War, a decorated officer's refusal to fight lands him in a psychiatric hospital, where he battles for sanity amid electroshock therapy and questions what courage truly means.
The Ghost Road
Pat Barker
4.1 (18k) average on GoodreadsFiction
As World War I ends, a guilt-ridden psychologist treats shell-shocked soldiers, including the sardonic Billy Prior, while grappling with violence's ancient appeal by comparing the French trenches to a 'culture of death' he once studied in the South Pacific.
The Eye in the Door
Pat Barker
4.0 (8k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction
An intelligence officer in a city at war, Billy Prior navigates duty and desire, as his hidden life with pacifists and lovers threatens his identity as a soldier.