The lauded masterpiece about a family divided by World War I, hailed as “brilliant . . . altogether a remarkable debut” (Simon Mawer, author of The Glass Room).
From a village in Nova Scotia to the trenches of France, P. S. Duffy’s astonishing debut showcases a rare talent emerging in midlife.
When his beloved brother-in-law goes missing at the front in 1916, Angus defies his pacifist … defies his pacifist upbringing to join the war and find him. Assured a position as a cartographer in London, he is instead sent directly into battle. Meanwhile, at home, his son Simon Peter must navigate escalating hostility in a town torn by grief. Selected as both a Barnes & Noble Discover pick and one of the American Bookseller Association’s Debut Dozen, The Cartographer of No Man’s Land offers a soulful portrayal of World War I and the lives that were forever changed by it, both on the battlefield and at home.
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I frequently reread my favorite books: Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings; Herman Melville’s Moby Dick; the Patrick O’Brian series of Aubrey/Maturin novels. A new addition to my rereading favorites is P.S. Duffy’s The Cartographer of No Man’s Land.
With lyrical prose and a deep compassion for and understanding of men who reluctantly go to war, Duffy …
The Cartographer of No Man’s Land is another World War I story, so read no further if you’re tired of the Great War. Canadian Angus MacGrath enlists after his brother-in-law is reported MIA; their bond is such that he is determined to find his BIL, regardless of the fact that there’s a war on. Angus is told he’ll be a cartographer in London, but …