![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() One that he is desperate to unburden himself of to Marian, if he can only find the courage.Īs they stroll through the streets of a city still coming to terms with the end of the war, he recalls his friendship with Will, from the training ground at Aldershot to the trenches of Northern France, and speaks of how the intensity of their friendship brought him from brief moments of happiness and self-discovery to long periods of despair and pain. Boyne has, through nine novels, established a reputation as an accomplished stylist. Tristan fought alongside Marian’s brother Will during the Great War but in 1917, Will laid down his guns on the battlefield, declared himself a conscientious objector and was shot as a traitor, an act which has brought shame and dishonour on the Bancroft family.īut the letters are not the real reason for Tristan’s visit. The story begins in 1919, with twenty-one-year-old Tristan Sadler making a trip to Norwich to deliver some letters to the sister of a man who had died in the war, Will Bancroft. ![]() Read millions of eBooks and audiobooks on the web, iPad, iPhone and Android. The Absolutist is a tender and harrowing exploration of love, betrayal, bravery, and cowardice, set in the trenches in France during World War I. September 1919:20 year-old Tristan Sadler takes a train from London to Norwich to deliver some letters to Marian Bancroft. Read The Absolutist by John Boyne with a free trial. Longlisted for the 2013 International Impac Dublin Literary Award Winner of a Stonewall Honor Award in Literature (USA) Shortlisted for the Lambda Literary Awards (USA) ![]()
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