Days Without End: Volume 1
Sebastian Barry
Oct 2016 · Days Without End Book 1 · W F Howes · Narrated by Aidan Kelly
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Winner of the 2016 Costa Book of the Year
Winner of the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2017
Winner of the Independent Bookshop Week Book Award 2017
Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2017
After signing up for the US army in the 1850s, aged barely seventeen, Thomas McNulty and his brother-in-arms, John Cole, fight in the Indian Wars and the Civil War. Having both fled terrible hardships, their days are now vivid and filled with wonder, despite the horrors they both see and are complicit in. Then when a young Indian girl crosses their path, the possibility of lasting happiness seems within reach, if only they can survive.
'Pitch perfect, the outstanding novel of the Year.' Observer
‘Absolutely captivating.’ Val McDermid
‘A masterpiece.’ Ali Smith
Winner of the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2017
Winner of the Independent Bookshop Week Book Award 2017
Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2017
After signing up for the US army in the 1850s, aged barely seventeen, Thomas McNulty and his brother-in-arms, John Cole, fight in the Indian Wars and the Civil War. Having both fled terrible hardships, their days are now vivid and filled with wonder, despite the horrors they both see and are complicit in. Then when a young Indian girl crosses their path, the possibility of lasting happiness seems within reach, if only they can survive.
'Pitch perfect, the outstanding novel of the Year.' Observer
‘Absolutely captivating.’ Val McDermid
‘A masterpiece.’ Ali Smith
Winner of the 2016 Costa Book of the Year
Winner of the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2017
Winner of the Independent Bookshop Week Book Award 2017
Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2017
After signing up for the US army in the 1850s, aged barely seventeen, Thomas McNulty and his bro...
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April 2, 2020
beautifully written and beautifully read great book about man's savagery and man's love
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