A. L. Kennedy — Day
Vintage Books 2008 Paperback, 288pp. Alfred Day wanted his war. In its turmoil he found his proper purpose as the tail-gunner in a Lancaster bomber; he found the wild, dark fellowship of his crew, and - most extraordinary of all - he found Joyce, a woman to love. But that's all gone - the war took it away. Maybe it took him, too. Now, in 1949, employed as an extra in a war film that echoes his real experiences, Day begins to recall what he would rather forget . Some spotting. (ISBN: 9780099494058). Good.