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Serving in the British Army in Northern Ireland, Joseph shot and killed a man. A subsequent inquiry has cleared him of any inappropriate behaviour, yet, now returned to civilian life, he remains haunted by the experience. Working as a painter and decorator in London he meets Alice, and through her, her grandfather David, himself a veteran of the armed forces. In the 50s, David served in the RAF in Kenya, where unbeknown to his grand-daughter, he bombed Mau-Mau jungle hide-outs. In all probability - and equally in the course of duty - he too has blood on his hands. As soldier and pilot, both Joseph and he are innocent; as men, both - perhaps - are guilty. In this powerful exploration of guilt, war and the power of mankind's greatest - yet all too frequently broken - taboo, 'Thou shalt not kill', Rachel Seiffert delivers on the remarkable promise of The Dark Room and Field Study.
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- Title
- Afterwards
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Rachel Seiffert
- Publisher
- Heinemann
- Released
- 2007
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0434015512
- ISBN13
- 9780434015511
- Series
- Original title
- Afterwards
- Rating
- 3 out of 5
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- Serving in the British Army in Northern Ireland, Joseph shot and killed a man. A subsequent inquiry has cleared him of any inappropriate behaviour, yet, now returned to civilian life, he remains haunted by the experience. Working as a painter and decorator in London he meets Alice, and through her, her grandfather David, himself a veteran of the armed forces. In the 50s, David served in the RAF in Kenya, where unbeknown to his grand-daughter, he bombed Mau-Mau jungle hide-outs. In all probability - and equally in the course of duty - he too has blood on his hands. As soldier and pilot, both Joseph and he are innocent; as men, both - perhaps - are guilty. In this powerful exploration of guilt, war and the power of mankind's greatest - yet all too frequently broken - taboo, 'Thou shalt not kill', Rachel Seiffert delivers on the remarkable promise of The Dark Room and Field Study.