Fiction of Pat Barker

Pat Barker is one of the most important authors of her time. Her fiction has won many awards - including the Booker Prize for <i>The Ghost Road</i> the last novel in her celebrated <i>Regeneration</i> trilogy - and has attracted much critical attention.<br/><br/>This stimulating Guide examines the key critical responses to the full range of Barker's fiction from newspaper reviews and journal articles to revealing interviews and book-length scholarship. Merritt Moseley also explores the central themes which run through Barker's novels and the criticism such as the issues of gender class social realism violence and trauma.<br/><br/>Tracing the development of Barker's fiction through the surrounding critical works this is an indispensable volume for anyone with an interest in one of Britain's most popular and widely-studied contemporary writers.