In Craiglockhart war hospital, Dr. William Rivers attempts to restore the sanity of officers from World War I. When Siegfried Sassoon publishes his declaration of protest against the war, the authorities decide to have him declared mentally defective and send him to Craiglockhart.
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In Craiglockhart war hospital, Dr. William Rivers attempts to restore the sanity of officers from World War I. When Siegfried Sassoon publishes his declaration of protest against the war, the authorities decide to have him declared mentally defective and send him to Craiglockhart.
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This is actually the first book of what became a trilogy; ideally, one should read them all -- this book first, next, The Eye in the Door, and finally, The Ghost Road. Barker has taken a kernel of reality (several of her characters are based upon real individuals) and built a fictional work that conveys the utter pointlessness of World War I. It?s set in England, and most of it takes place in a psychiatric institution. Her style suits the book perfectly and her characterization and her study of those whose minds have become unbalanced by the brutality of the trenches is spot-on. She channels several brilliant men whom the average American does not know nearly well enough: Siegfried Sassoon, Wilfred Owen, Robert Graves and W. H. R. Rivers. (I'm guessing our friends across the pond are better acquainted with at least a couple of these guys.) Her own fictional creations are equally well-realized. This trilogy has spurred a renewed interest in World War I, and the poetry of that war, among non-academics.
