Book Reviews
After four years of brutal trench fighting, Willie Dunne...is still a "long long way" from home.... Barry lingers too long on the particulars of the battlefield... [and the book] often lacks the nonsoldier human faces necessary to fully counterpoint the coarseness of military conflict.
Publishers Weekly
This novel of Ireland and World War I wears a cloak of gloom and doom.... Those not familiar with British-Irish history may find some of the personal conflicts and politics in the novel confusing, but nevertheless a compellingly sad, if difficult, read. —Marta Segal
Booklist
Barry's prequel to the fine Annie Dunne (2002) turns to WWI for the story of a young Dublin soldier who loses love, crown, country, and family in the war-torn desolation.... Willie's end will be alone—and utterly, utterly pointless. Flawless, honest, humane, moving.
Kirkus Reviews
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