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The Absolutist
A Historical Fiction Novel by John Boyne
Subgenres:
- World War I,
- LGBTQ+ Historical Fiction,
- Coming-of-Age
This book is for you if you're into...
- Postwar reckonings and secrets that haunt long after the trenches
- Intense friendships tested by loyalty, guilt, and unspoken truths
- Historical fiction grappling with the aftermath of World War I
A new edition of the beloved novel most similar thematically to the author's mega-bestseller The Heart's Invisible Furies.
It is September 1919, and twenty-one-year-old Tristan Sadler takes a train from London to Norwich to deliver a package of letters to the sister of Will Bancroft, the man he fought alongside during the Great War.
But the letters are not the real reason for Tristan's visit. He can no longer keep a secret and has finally found the courage to unburden himself of it. As he recounts the horrific details of what to him became a senseless war, he also speaks of his friendship with Will—from their first meeting on the training grounds at Aldershot to their farewell in the trenches of northern France.
The intensity of their bond brought Tristan happiness and self-discovery as well as confusion and unbearable pain. The Absolutist is a masterful, unforgettable tale of passion, jealousy, heroism, and betrayal set in one of the most gruesome trenches of France during World War I.
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