Father War
by Thomas Doherty
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Pub Date 28 Apr 2021 | Archive Date 24 Dec 2021
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Description
A long-forgotten jungle campaign takes on new life in the troubled mind of John Spenser, a missing soldier’s son.
Determined to restore the reputation of the scape-goated general who led the campaign, Spenser comes across a figure large enough to fill the shoes of his absent father.
Out of the distant past, that "missing" soldier shows up hoping to heal old wounds, a homecoming that does not end well – for him, his son, or the woman he left behind.
A Note From the Publisher
Advance Praise
“It’s not every day that I read a story about a man on the run with his recently deceased wife’s ashes on the shotgun seat of a rental car, but Tom Doherty’s swift, engrossing novel about a guy for whom life has proceeded mostly without complications – until he finds himself reckoning with his own damaging history – is a page-turner with the feel of an instant classic.”
-- Susanna Daniel, author of the PEN award winning novel, STILTSVILLE.
“With one master-stroke after another, Thomas Doherty paints a picture so engaging and framed with such modest eloquence, that FATHER WAR reads like a compact, Americanized WAR AND PEACE. Whether writing about jungle combat, horse cavalry drills in the 1930s, or the denizens of a long-abandoned army training camp, Doherty is unflinchingly observant and psychologically at his characters’ very hearts.”
-- Eric Larsen, author of AN AMERICAN MEMORY, winner of the Chicago Tribune’s Heartland Prize.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781800462724 |
| PRICE | £8.99 (GBP) |
Featured Reviews
Robin P, Reviewer
The authorial voice is extraordinarily good and made this novel totally immersive. In its story of two men caught up in wars - in the Pacific, Vietnam and the Cold War - everything feels impossibly real. Once again one is reminded there are no victors,, only the vanquished. The characters are so powerfully realized that I soon found their plight quite emotionally challenging and the ending is something I will never forget.
