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 Day - A. L. Kennedy
 Day - A. L. Kennedy ... proper purpose as the tail-gunner in a Lancaster bomber; he found the wild, dark fellowship of his crew, and - most extraordinary of all - he found Joyce, a woman to love. But that's all gone now - the war took it away. Maybe it took him, too. Now in 1949, employed as an extra in a war film that echoes his real experience, Day begins to recall what he would rather forget...Newest Review: ... yet despite being armed Alfred tackles him, beating him to the ground and taking the gun allowing the woman to escape. For ... more ... someone so lacking in physical confidence this immediately strikes a discordant note and raises questions about the unseen depths of this man's character. As Vasyl keeps reappearing he antagonises Alfred further and acts as a catalyst to make him revisit those parts of his past that have been so carefully locked away. In another novel Vasyl could be dismissed as a fantasy figure, existing only as a nemesis in Alfred's mind but this isn't that kind of novel.
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Day - A. L. Kennedy: A life in the Day (1406 words)
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Day - A L Kennedy Day is the fifth novel from Scottish writer AL Kennedy and the winner of the prestigious Costa Book of the Year Award (previously the Whitbread) in 2007. It is the story of Alfred Day, a Royal Air Force veteran of the Second World War trying to come to terms with himself as he relives some of his darkest memories while working as an extra on a prisoner of war film some years after the end of the war. Born in Staffordshire, Alfred has not had a happy life. Son to a violent fishmonger his early life is dominated by his fear of a drunken father's rages. Short and slightly built he lacks confidence both in himself and in ... Read the complete review
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