Dreaming the Enemy
I am still moving despite the fact that this dreamed-up bastard Khan walks with me - no, he doesn't walk with me, he rises up to fire, has my life in his hands, my head in his sights, and that is the image of all images that I have somehow to lose...Johnny Shoebridge has just returned from...
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I am still moving despite the fact that this dreamed-up bastard Khan walks with me - no, he doesn't walk with me, he rises up to fire, has my life in his hands, my head in his sights, and that is the image of all images that I have somehow to lose...Johnny Shoebridge has just returned from fighting in the jungles of Vietnam. He no longer carries a weapon - only photos of t
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Format: Paperback
ISBN:
9781760112257
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
This is an incredibly hard book to get caught up in, and after struggling through it for a while, I had to put it down. I don’t normally review books I didn’t finish, and those I do review usually rate a 1 or 2 out of 10. In the instance of Dreaming the Enemy, however, I can appreciate what the au...
I realise that, in telling the story in a disconnected, passive way, the author is probably trying to do something clever with showing the reader how PTSD makes sufferers feel so apart from everyone by making the reader unable to connect with any of the characters, especially the main character... b...
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