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This box set contains "Regeneration", "The Eye in the Door" and "The Ghost Road". "The Eye in the Door" won the 1993 Guardian Fiction Prize and "The Ghost Road" won the 1995 Booker Prize.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Inspiring and thought provoking, 27 April 2001

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This review is from: The Regeneration Trilogy: Regeneration; The Eye in the Door; The Ghost Road (Hardcover)

Pat Barker has a way of bringing her characters to life that I have rarely encountered before. This is a wonderful trilogy that highlights the true impact of WW1 and the conditions experienced there on the psyche. It creates a very strong vision of what it must have been like for ordinary men to find themselves taken away from their homes and placed in a world of mud and death and incessant noise. It also explores the relationship between men, both sexual and non-sexual and provides a fascinating insight into the development of psychology that took place during WW1. I have read Birdsong, but still find myself reaching for the Regeneration trilogy time and time again. The Eye in the Door is the weakest of the three novels, but this is more than compensated for by the wonderful Ghost Road. These novels are made more poignant by the fact that many of the characters existed in real life, and the views of war portrayed by Pat Barker can be substantiated and expanded by reading their poetry, and that of other war poets

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5.0 out of 5 stars 'Unputdownable', 9 May 2001

By	helen.oleary@clara.co.uk (Coventry) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Regeneration Trilogy: Regeneration; The Eye in the Door; The Ghost Road (Hardcover)

I too read the book over a year ago and I still think about it a lot. I've just visited Flanders - both Belgium and France and my interest in the First World War stemmed from reading this trilogy.I think a large part of my enjoyment was because many of the characters actually existed. The film 'Regeneration' is good too. Anybody interested in WW1 and has enjoyed 'Birdsong' and also the work of the poets Sassoon and Owen will thoroughly enjoy this book.

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5.0 out of 5 stars stunning, moving but graphic!, 11 Oct 2005

By	Ms. A. M. Dewhirst (Yorkshire, England) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: The Regeneration Trilogy: Regeneration; The Eye in the Door; The Ghost Road (Hardcover)

I had to read the first book in the trilogy - "Regeneration" for my A Levels and when i saw the book and read the blurb i immediately thought "how boring is this going to be?" Yet when i eventually forced myself to start reading it, i was gripped by the end of the first chapter and within a week i'd bought and read the rest of the trilogy too! Contrary to other reviewers, my favourite book was The Eye in The Door, which contains a lot more politics and is also moving and very graphic with sexual imagery and other topics. Actually, the other two books were pretty moving and graphic too so be wary if you're a bit prudish! The first book in the trilogy concentrates on the poet Seigrfried Sassoon, his friendship with another poet Wilfrid Owen and a fictional officer called Billy Prior, who are all convalescing in hospital after suffereing shellshock, with the aid of the doctor, Rivers. The second concentrates more on Billy Prior, with some references back to Sassoon and Owen and the third is mostly about Prior and their doctor in the hospital, the real Dr W H Rivers. All three books contain connotations about homosexuality(something that was then illegal) and also the usual wartime book themes about the brutality and pointlessness of war. Don't dismiss them (as i almost did) as historical tat, they are all three, fantastic novels that bring out emotions and make you fully realise the futility of war and the complexity of psyhcology. Pure, Grade A Excellence!

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5.0 out of 5 stars casualties of war
When it comes to literature on war and what it does to man, few novels outdo Pat Barker's Regeneration trilogy. Read more

Published 21 months ago by Didier

5.0 out of 5 stars You have to read it!
I first read Regeneration when i was lent it at school to read for my A-Levels, it was the first war literature i had ever read and i wasn't expecting to enjoy it! Read more

Published on 25 April 2006 by Liz

4.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous
As a student studying war literature, i've had to wade through a fair bit, but this trilogy was a delight. Read more

Published on 4 May 2003 by snowyowlofdoom

5.0 out of 5 stars A worthy prizewinner!
The fact that "The Ghost Road" won the Booker prize actually put me off reading this book for years! I thought that it would be unreadable, elitist tosh! Read more

Published on 19 Oct 2001

3.0 out of 5 stars loses a lot in audio
While Paul McGann has been very well chosen to read, so much is lost when the book is abriged. The original is fantastic, but in audio versio the characters lose a lot of their... Read more

Published on 26 Jul 2001 by Mhari D

2.0 out of 5 stars Dull
In this novel Pat Barker has undertaken a mammoth task, and one well worthy of undertaking, but sadly she has failed. Read more

Published on 24 April 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars An historical epic
I believe this will go down as one of the great literary works in recent years. Well researched, and written with a great deal of respect for all involved, this book demands to... Read more

Published on 31 Jan 2001

4.0 out of 5 stars Engrossing, thought provoking and highly moving
I have only recently finished reading the trilogy and encourage others to do the same. I've read the reviews posted here about the individual novels and appreciate their... Read more

Published on 11 Oct 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars An amzing, powerful and moving book
I could not put it down and read it in a single long haul flight over night. The description of life during the first world war, both in France and at home was both realistic and... Read more

Published on 16 Aug 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars A view of ww1 that I had`nt read before, Excellent.
I read this book about a year ago and i still think about it. Its about the story of men, some of them gay,their friends and a Doctor who treats them for shellshock. Read more

Published on 27 Feb 1999

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