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Synopsis
The widely anticipated 3rd novel from the author of The Acts of Mutiny
Clarice Pike and Vic Warren are from completely different backgrounds. An impossible affair has already driven them thousands of miles apart. 1939 finds Clarice in Malaya where her father is an obscure company doctor, and Vic in East London, an unemployed shipwright badly married to Phylis, Clarice's cousin. As their feelings conspire to draw the lovers back together, the world erupts with a terrible violence. It is the relentlessness of male brutality that forces Vic to grope towards what real manhood might be.
If the Invader Comes combines themes from Derek Beaven's previously acclaimed Newton's Niece and Acts of Mutiny to portray a wartime England where human relationships are threatened as much from within the family as from occupied Europe. Exciting, moving and ultimately optimistic, Derek Beaven's new novel represents a daring leap in British Fiction.
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Review
'An impressively thoughtful and competent novel' -- Sunday Telegraph
'Beaven excels 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, 27th Sept 2001
'Beaven weaves a highly convincing and alarming picture of a country sinking into a state of war...real energy and originality.' -- Julie Myerson, Guardian, September 8th 2001
'Wonderfully authentic...it presents a haunting picture of a world of war.' -- Sunday Times, 12th October 2001
'Wonderfully authentic...it presents a haunting picture of a world of war.' -- Sunday Times, 12th October 2001
From the Back Cover
Long-listed for the Booker Prize 2001
Clarice Pike and Vic Warren are from completely different backgrounds. An impossible affair has already driven them thousands of miles apart. 1939 finds Clarice in Malaya where her father is an obscure company doctor, and Vic in East London, an unemployed shipwright badly married to Phylis, Clarice’s cousin. As their feelings conspire to draw the lovers back together, the world erupts with a terrible violence. It is the relentlessness of male brutality that forces Vic to grope towards what real manhood might be.
If the Invader Comes combines themes from Derek Beaven’s previously acclaimed Newton’s Niece and Acts of Mutiny to portray a wartime England where human relationships are threatened as much from within the family as from occupied Europe. Exciting, moving and ultimately optimistic, Derek Beaven’s new novel represents a daring leap in British fiction.
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