Blasted Things

After the Great War, a nurse and a damaged soldier become dangerously entangled in this "e;sensitive, unsettling tale"e; by the author of A Particular Man (The Independent). Sometimes love hurts. Sometimes love kills . . . It's 1920 and Britain is attempting to move on after World War I. Clementine, who was a nurse on the frontlines and suffered her own losses, is trying to settle back into her comfortable middle-class life as a doctor's wife. But when she meets Vincent, a man so battered he must wear a mask to hide his scars, a perilous and magnetic attraction develops between them. As their passion erupts and takes a darker turn, it threatens to spell disaster. Will either of them ever recover from the lingering horrors of war? And can both of them walk away from their affair unscathed?"e;One of the most compelling novels I have read all year."e; Liz Jensen, author of The UninvitedPraise for Lesley Glaister"e;[Glaister] commands respect for writing novels which are not just dark and mysterious but also emotionally satisfying."e; The Times Literary Supplement"e;One of Britain's finest novelists."e; The Sunday Telegraph