David's review of Day: A novel
Day: A novel by A.L. Kennedy
An ambitious book: the antiheroic story of Alfred Day, tail gunner on a Lancaster bomber in World War II, told in shattered bits of narrative—the bombing missions, the woman he meets in London on leave, his postwar job in a used bookstore, and most important, his return to a P.O.W. camp, this time as an extra in a movie about the war. Kennedy depends on ellipsis to achieve her effects: Day's time as a genuine prisoner in the camp is only briefly described.
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