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    <body><![CDATA[Another excellent book by Pat Barker.  She conveys the psychological details of her characters so clearly.  It's a joy to pick up any of her books.  <br/><br/>This one (like so many of the others) explores some heavy themes.  She delves into the responsibility of journalists and artists in conveyi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37515172">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[One of Barker's best novels, I think, especially in the strength of its characterization and the purity of its prose, which is lucid and poetic and devoid of artifice.  Look at this:<br/><br/><em>He drank [coffee] sitting by the window, the hot fluid delineating his oesophagus, another part of his liv...</em><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1987762">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[this is a well written book, but i found too many unresolved and underdeveloped issues. Peter is not that menacing of a character... and he could have been [which would have been immensely more interesting]. the ending is kind of hallmark movie of the week atrocious. it's a good, fast, distraction o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40828261">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Wonderful, engaging, suspenseful story about a woman sculptor, a war correspondent, photojournalist, a viccar's daughter, and a mysterious possibly dangerous man. The writing is great, almost poetic, and the characters complex. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Another Barker I couldn't put down.  Finished it last night and am still mulling it over.<br/><br/>But Peter--he does have quite a bit in common with Danny/Ian of Border Crossing.  Same boy???]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This taut novel about an artist recovering from an auto accident translates well to audio.  Shows the effects of violence on war correspondents who work in war-torn areas.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[not impressed with the ending. It felt very abrupt to me and I didn't feel like the loose ends of various stories got tied up... ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Thought provoking tale of teh effects of war on those who have not carried the guns.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&lt;div&gt;In the aftermath of covering 9/11, English war reporter Stephen Sharkey and photographer Ben Frobisher leave New York and part company. Stephen returns to the devastating discovery of the end of his marriage; while on assignment in Afghanistan Ben is killed. Retreating to the English countryside to write a book questioning the role of the war reporter and photographer Stephen enters into complicated relationships with Ben&#8217;s widow Kate, a sculptor, her disturbing and sinister young studio assistant, and a young au-pair. Set far from the literal theatre of war, <em>Double Vision</em> is nonetheless a novel about its representation and effects as Pat Barker once more lays bare the complexities of desire and violence.<br/>&lt;/div&gt;]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Barker's a modern master. This one almost reaches the level of her first WWI triology...]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Interesting exploration of violence and loss. My library has a slip in the back of some books for people to write comments. The comments for this book included complaints that the plot was  convoluted and unresolved. I didn't find this to be the case. There is an atmosphere of mild suspense so maybe...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6036810">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I really liked the themes in this book... of foreign reporting &amp; war trauma, different people affecting each others lives, people at odds with each other. But, at the end, I didn't find meaning in all the disparate events and reactions. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The lives of some damaged people, always seeming to live in the shadow of violence and mystery.  I really liked it - I feel a wave of Pat Barker reading coming on. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Read it for a college english course and though it may be dark it is very interesting and worth the time.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[short and fairly sweet and simple...something lacking...too many characters, not enough depth perhaps]]></body>
    
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