Although it is a familiar story, Faulks produces a vivid and traumatising description of the sights and sounds of life and death in (and under) the trenches. Starting as a rather gentle romantic tale set in France in the early years of this century, the story takes a dramatic lurch into the horrors of the trenches of the first world war. This is one of the most startlingly evocative books of this, or any, generation.
Isuspect there are many books that have moulded me, shaped my personality, even determined my mood from one day to the next, but, for its sheer impact and seismic change on my outlook on life, I must choose Birdsong.
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