Barker, Pat 1943-

The ghost road by Pat Barker( Book )
86 editions published between 1995 and 2014 in 6 languages and held by 3,109 libraries worldwide
A World War I novel on civilized and uncivilized warfare. The protagonist is a British psychologist, treating soldiers for shell shock. Before the war he lived in a British colony in the Far East, studying headhunters until the practice was banned by the British as uncivilized. Now, as he witnesses the carnage of civilized artillery and machine guns he asks himself why is this not banned? By the author of The Eye in the Door

Regeneration by Pat Barker( Book )
112 editions published between 1991 and 2014 in 10 languages and held by 3,100 libraries worldwide
Set in a British military hospital during WWI, this novel blends fact and fiction, drawing its two protagonists from the pages of history. The author of Union Street (made into the film Stanley and Iris) portrays overwhelmed men who try to come to terms with their outrage of a futile war

The eye in the door by Pat Barker( Book )
84 editions published between 1993 and 2015 in 8 languages and held by 2,463 libraries worldwide
Rivers - Charles Manning, an upperclass officer whose social status and battlefield wounds must shield him from the growing danger of his exposure as a homosexual

Life class by Pat Barker( Book )
45 editions published between 2003 and 2014 in 4 languages and held by 2,075 libraries worldwide
A novel capturing the devastation and psychological trauma of the Great War on every level of British society focuses on a group of young art students, including Paul Tarrant, a Red Cross volunteer, who discovers that life, love, and art will never be the same

Another world by Pat Barker( Book )
61 editions published between 1998 and 2013 in 8 languages and held by 1,694 libraries worldwide
A British novel on family tensions whose protagonists include children from a couple's previoius marriage and a dying grandfather who is reliving the horrors of World War I

Border crossing by Pat Barker( Book )
59 editions published between 2001 and 2017 in 13 languages and held by 1,632 libraries worldwide
"At first, as Tom and Lauren Seymour walk along the deserted Newcastle waterfront on a cold, gray September afternoon, they are too busy arguing, too absorbed in the breakup of their marriage, to notice the sole other human being at the river's edge - a young man who steps out onto one of the abandoned jetties, swallows a bottle of pills, and throws himself into the icy current. Tom risks his life to rescue the man and is just in time to save him; but soon afterward, Tom begins to discover hidden meanings beneath this stroke of luck. For the man is Danny Miller, and Tom testified years before as an expert witness at Danny Miller's trial for murder, when Danny was ten years old. Now, released from prison and living under an assumed name, Danny asks Tom to help him sort out his life - starting with his past. While Tom grapples with his own troubles, he is lured, by suspicion, guilt, and curiosity, into a lonely, soul-searching reinvestigation of Danny's case."--Jacket

Double vision by Pat Barker( Book )
40 editions published between 2003 and 2013 in 5 languages and held by 1,530 libraries worldwide
Profoundly affected by the events of September 11th and its aftermath, two British journalists return to England to face different fates, in a study of the effects of violence on those who come in contact with it

Toby's room by Pat Barker( Book )
29 editions published between 2012 and 2015 in 4 languages and held by 1,529 libraries worldwide
A portrait of an upper-class family torn by World War I centers on an anguished sister whose beloved brother goes missing in action, in an epic tale that explores the experiences of the family members and the working-class people who support them

Noonday : a novel by Pat Barker( Book )
25 editions published between 2015 and 2017 in English and held by 1,066 libraries worldwide
"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."

Union Street by Pat Barker( Book )
83 editions published between 1982 and 2016 in 11 languages and held by 959 libraries worldwide
This Virago modern classic was the first novel from the author of The Eye in the Door and The Ghost Road. It centres on the women of Union Street, describing how they meet the harsh challenges of poverty and survival in a precarious world