Pat Barker
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
by Pat Barker
4.0(25,362)
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
by Pat Barker
4.1(18,425)
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
by Pat Barker
4.0(7,844)
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.