'A modern work of genius' Spectator
Winner of the Costa/Whitbread Book of the Year Award 1993
Forced into slavery as a child, Jonathan Carrick escapes to a new life but within him lies the need for revenge against George Stokes, the son of his former master.
Mallory Carrick, confined to a wheelchair, seeks to find out the truth about her grandfather's history.
Haunting, elegant and passionate, Theory of War is a novel about how the past lives on through following generations. It follows one woman's journey to discover what her grandfather might have experienced and how his suffering still haunts his descendants.
- ISBN10 0679419667
- ISBN13 9780679419662
- Publish Date 31 March 1993 (first published 15 December 1992)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Alfred A. Knopf
- Edition American ed.
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 257
- Language English