Pat Barker — The Ghost Road

London, Viking, 1995. First edition. Hardback. A smart, first edition first impression of Pat Barker's harrowing historical fiction, for which she won the Booker Prize. A smart first edition, first impression of this moving war novel by Pat Barker. Blank signed by the author to the title page. Bound in the original publisher's cloth binding with the original, unclipped dust wrapper.  The third novel by British author, Pat Barker, for which she won the Booker Prize.  A historical fiction following the war time experience of the William Rivers, a real-life psychiatrist during World War One. His most famous patient was the Seigfried Sassoon, the subject of Barker's first, 1991 novel, Regeneration. The Ghost Road focusses rather Lieutenant Billy Prior on his return to the front line after a devastating period of hospitalisation for shell-shock.  A sensitively written, powerful novel.   Bound in the original publisher's cloth binding wiht the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent. Slight bumping to extremities, mostly only head and tail of spine. Unclipped dust wrapper, generally excellent. A touch faded. Ever so slight edgewear to extremities and head and tail of spine. Inscription to front free. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Author's signature to title page. A lovely copy. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Near Fine.