If the Invader Comes by Derek Beaven

If the Invader Comes by Derek Beaven

A critically acclaimed, Booker long-listed novel that is reminiscent of Pat Barkers Regeneration Trilogy.

‘Offers reminders of Graham Greene’s “The End of the Affair”…[A] powerful, sharply conceived novel’ The Times

‘The novel's chief strength derives from a psychological delicacy: a file of scrupulously observed temperaments, ground down by circumstance, expressing themselves in dialogue pitched just on the right side of fracture. Beaven excels, too, in descriptions of physical sensation…All the abilities shown in his excellent second novel, “Acts of Mutiny”, are well to the fore.’ D.J. Taylor, Independent

‘This is the kind of fiction we like…Beaven imagines the war background so completely that you almost forget what actually happened…[he] shows it as clear as a Vermeer mirror.’ David Robertson, Scotsman

‘Large, deft, prickly and ambitious. Beaven weaves a highly convincing and alarming picture of a country sinking into a state of war. You believe in everything Beaven tells you because his work practically explodes with narrative assurance.’ Julie Myerson, Guardian

Derek Beaven lives in Maidenhead, Berkshire. His first novel, Newton's Niece (1994) was shortlisted for the Writers' Guild Best Novel Prize and won a Commonwealth Prize. His second, Acts of Mutiny (1998) was shortlisted for the Guardian Fiction Prize.

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ISBN 13	9781841155920
ISBN 10	1841155926
Title	If the Invader Comes
Author	Derek Beaven
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	HarperCollins Publishers
Year published	2002-09-02
Number of pages	384
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