Absolutist by John Boyne

Absolutist by John BoyneSeptember 1919: Twenty year old Tristan Sadler takes a train from London to Norwich to deliver a clutch of letters to Marian Bancroft. Tristan fought alongside Marian's brother Will during the Great War. They trained together. They fought together. But in 1917, Will laid down his guns on the battlefield and declared himself a conscientious objector, an act which has brought shame and dishonour on the Bancroft family. The letters, however, are not the

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an ancient receptacle into which it was hoped 'a mourner could let fall her hot tears'

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the problems of malaria

it quickly becomes clear that the true monsters aren't necessarily the ones you can see

a Virginia Woolf quality' Margaret Drabble

the only thing missing was a child

Ruthless in pursuit of his own interests

Tá puifín beag fiosrach ina cónaí ar Sceilg Mhichíl

with facing English translations by the poet herself