Blasted Things: A fresh and compelling novel about life, love and the damage of war

By: Lesley Glaister

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Synopsis: After the Great War, a nurse and a damaged soldier become dangerously entangled in this &“sensitive, unsettling tale&” by the author of A Particular Man (The Independent).Sometimes love hurts. Sometimes love kills . . . It&’s 1920 and Britain is attempting to move on after World War I. Clementine, who was a nurse on the frontlines and suffered her own losses, is trying to settle back into her comfortable middle-class life as a doctor&’s wife. But when she meets Vincent, a man so battered he must wear a mask to hide his scars, a perilous and magnetic attraction develops between them. As their passion erupts and takes a darker turn, it threatens to spell disaster. Will either of them ever recover from the lingering horrors of war? And can both of them walk away from their affair unscathed? &“One of the most compelling novels I have read all year.&” —Liz Jensen, author of The UninvitedPraise for Lesley Glaister &“[Glaister] commands respect for writing novels which are not just dark and mysterious but also emotionally satisfying.&” —The Times Literary Supplement &“One of Britain&’s finest novelists.&” —The Sunday Telegraph