TOBYS ROOM PB A FORMAT – PAT BARKER

From the Booker Prize-winning and Women s Prize-shortlisted author of The Silence of the Girls The second novel in Pat Barker s acclaimed Life Class trilogy – a dark and compelling examination of desire, friendship and the horror of war, from one of our greatest writers on war and the human heart Heart-rending… Toby s Room anatomises a world where extreme emotion shatters the boundaries of identity, behaviour, gender Independent Once again Barker skilfully moves between past and present, seamlessly weaving fact and fiction into a gripping narrative Sunday Telegraph When Toby is reported Missing, Believed Killed , another secret casts a lengthening shadow over Elinor s world: how exactly did Toby die – and why? Elinor determines to uncover the truth. Only then can she finally close the door to Toby s room. Moving from the Slade School of Art to Queen Mary s Hospital, where surgery and art intersect in the rebuilding of the shattered faces of the wounded, Toby s Room is a riveting drama of identity, damage, intimacy and loss. The Life Class trilogy: Life Class Toby s Room Noonday