LEADER 03004nam 22005053 450 001 9910163956203321 005 20241107094011.0 010 $a0-385-53773-5 035 $a(CKB)3710000001055713 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6107387 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6107387 035 $a(OCoLC)1155973113 035 $a(ODN)ODN0002387252 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001055713 100 $a20210901d2016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aNoonday $eA Novel 210 1$aWestminster :$cKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group,$d2016. 210 4$dİ2016. 215 $a1 online resource (267 pages) 225 1 $aLife Class Trilogy ;$vv.3 311 $a0-385-53772-7 330 $a"A new novel from the Booker Prize winning Pat Barker, author of the Regeneration Trilogy, that unforgettably portrays London during the Blitz (her first portrayal of World War II) and reconfirms her place in the very top rank of British novelists. London, the Blitz, Autumn 1940. As the bombs fall on the blacked-out city, ambulance driver Elinor Brooke races from bomb sites to hospitals trying to save the lives of injured survivors, working alongside former friend Kit Neville, while her husband Paul Tarrant works as an air-raide warden. Once fellow students at the Slade School of Fine Art before the First World War destroyed the hopes of their generation, they now find themselves caught in another war, this time at home. As the bombing intensifies, the constant risk of death makes all three reach out for quick consolation. And into their midst comes the spirit medium Bertha Mason, grotesque and unforgettable, whose ability to make contact with the deceased finds vastly increased demands as death rains down from the skies. Old loves and obsessions resurface until Elinor is brought face to face with an almost impossible choice. Completing the story of Elinor Brooke, Paul Tarrant and Kit Neville begun with Life Class and continued with Toby's Room, Noonday is both a stand-alone novel and the climax of a trilogy. Writing about the Second World War for the first time, Pat Barker brings the besieged and haunted city of London into electrifying life in her most powerful novel since the Regeneration trilogy"--$cProvided by publisher. 410 0$aLife Class Trilogy 606 $aFICTION / Literary$2bisacsh 606 $aFICTION / Historical$2bisacsh 606 $aFICTION / War & Military$2bisacsh 607 $aLondon (England)$xHistory$yBombardment, 1940-1941$vFiction 615 7$aFICTION / Literary. 615 7$aFICTION / Historical. 615 7$aFICTION / War & Military. 676 $a823/.914 686 $aFIC019000$aFIC014000$aFIC032000$2bisacsh 700 $aBarker$b Pat$0164315 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910163956203321 996 $aNoonday$92883774 997 $aUNINA