Found this book compelling to read, thoroughly absorbing read from Gerald Seymour. I have read all of his books to date and I enjoy the variety of his novel subjects and the British outlook on life. I am currently reading so much American literature that I find this refreshing.
This novel is about the uncovering of some bodies from the Balkans War in a Croatian village near Vukovar after some mines are cleared. This leads to a succession of events that affects all of the people involved and drags them into the future through the tragic events of 1991.
An arms dealer is the centre of the plot. The villagers put a contract out on him and we learn that the arms dealer is also targetted by Customs and Excise in the UK. The plot ebbs and flows and all the threads are brought together in a showdown back in the village.
Justice is seen to be done but there are plenty of victims along the way. No ones life is the same after the arms dealer faces up to what he has done. People are also plunged into a different future from the present that they were living in.
8/10 for me.
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