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The final novel in a World War I trilogy focuses on compassionate psychiatrist Dr. William Rivers and Lieutenant Billy Prior as they both try to heal and cope with the trauma the war has inflicted upon them and the soldiers around them.
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- Wilfred Owen: English First World War poet
- Billy Prior: Working class officer
- William Rivers: Psychoanalyst and anthropologist at Craiglockhart Hospital, Edinburgh
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In deck-chairs all along the front the bald pink knees of Bradford businessmen nuzzled the sun.
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This is book 3 of 3 in Regeneration Trilogy. (standard series)
Preceded by The Eye in the Door.
This is book 1995 of 47 in Booker Prize Winners. (authoritative list)
This is book 156 of 1286 in 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. (authoritative list)
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- Pat Barker (Author)
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Publication Date: 1995
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- Man Booker Prize (1995)
- Whitbread Book Award (Finalist, 1995: Novel, Shortlist)
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- Dewey: 823.914
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