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The Eye in the Door (Regeneration Trilogy) Paperback – December 31, 2013

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In this haunting second installment of the Regeneration Trilogy, a World War I officer grapples with the complex realities of PTSD, identity, sexuality, and society’s perceptions of mental illness.
 
It is the spring of 1918, and Britain is faced with the possibility of defeat by Germany. A beleaguered government and a vengeful public target two groups as scapegoats: pacifists and homosexuals. Many are jailed, others lead dangerous double lives, the “the eye in the door” becomes a symbol of the paranoia that threatens to destroy the very fabric of British society.

Central to this novel are such compelling, richly imagined characters as the brilliant and compassionate Dr. William Rivers; his most famous patient, the poet Siegfried Sassoon; and Lieutenant Billy Prior, who plays a central role as a domestic intelligence agent. With compelling, realistic dialogue and a keen eye for the social issues that have gone overlooked in mainstream media, The Eye in the Door is a triumph that equals Regeneration and the third novel in the trilogy, the 1995 Booker Prize-winning The Ghost Road, establishing Pat Barker's place in the very forefront of contemporary novelists.
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    Regeneration
  2. Print length
    288 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publisher
    Plume
  5. Publication date
    December 31, 2013
  6. Dimensions
    5.29 x 0.65 x 7.93 inches
  7. ISBN-10
    0142180610
  8. ISBN-13
    978-0142180617
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"An impressive work, illuminating with compassion and insight the toll the war exacted from Britain's combatants and their world... Perhaps the book's greatest achievement is the lucid sense it provides of that maddening and heartbreaking species of absurdity one character calls 'a certain kind of Englishness.'"—The New York Times

"Quietly powerful... As haunting as its predecessor, this moving antiwar novel is also a cautionary tale about the price of cultural conformity."—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"There seems to be absolutely no skepticism about this process in Barker's fictional make-up—and this perhaps is what gives her work its undeniable integrity... By highlighting the war's persecuted sexual and political dissenters, The Eye In the Door, like all of Barker's work, shows her commitment to the process of reclaiming silenced voices."—The Guardian

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Pat Barker is the author of sixteen novels, beginning with her working-class masterpiece Union Street in 1982. Her Regeneration Trilogy novels, set in the First World War, were awarded the Booker Prize and praised as some of the greatest historical novels in British literature. Her latest novels are The Silence of the Girls, which was shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction and the Gordon Burn Prize in the UK and won the Independent Bookshop Award in 2019, and The Women of Troy. She was made a CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in 2000. She lives in Durham, England.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Plume; Reprint edition (December 31, 2013)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 288 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0142180610
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0142180617
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 7.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.29 x 0.65 x 7.93 inches
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doc peterson
5.0 out of 5 stars an interesting crossroads of social class, sexuality and morality
Reviewed in the United States on November 28, 2012
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In Pat Barker's sequel to  Regeneration , Billy Prior is the primary focus of the story rather than Sigfried Sassoon. This change of focus allows her to manipulate, examine and critique a wider number of issues: social class (Prior is of working-class origins, but can "pass" for a gentleman), of sexuality (he is enthusiastically bi-sexual), and of course the morality of war, as Prior is treated by Army psychiastrist Dr. Rivers who continues to wrestle with the ethical delimna of "curing" the shell-shocked only to return them to the hellish situation that created their nuroses in the first place.

In _Eye in the Door_ we get a stronger sense of who Dr. Rivers is (the character is loosely based on a real-life psychiatrist), but the primary focus of the story is Prior - a charming character with a wickedly sharp mind and a cynical outlook, the setting more in London than Craiglockhart hospital. As much as I liked Prior, I much preferred the back-and-forth between Sasson and Rivers that is such a crucial part of _Regeneration_. However, its not the characters that make this such a tremendous book (and such a powerful series), its Barker's social commentary: the waste of life in a pointless conflict; the place and role of women as objects - for sex and for labor asmunitions workers; of the differing attitudes towards (and between) social class. This is the real heart of the story. The glaring light under which Barker shows the inconsistencies and prejustices of the last century and her sharp critique of early 20th century British society earns the book five-stars.
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Thuringer
4.0 out of 5 stars Regeneration, Part II
Reviewed in the United States on November 10, 2012
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The trilogy is the best depiction of the impact of trench warfare on the British office/poofter class I've read. The series strength lies in the use of detailed, insightful psychological analysis conducted by the real life Dr. W. H. R. Rivers and the inter-relation between the various patents and Rivers' own mental states. Particularly moving and prominent in this book, is Rivers' fight against barbaric methods of treatment popular at the time.
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D. Crowell
5.0 out of 5 stars Remarkable trilogy! Book II doesn't disappoint
Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2012
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While Regeneration was amazing, each book in the trilogy succeeds in its own way and I truly can't say which I liked the most. Pat Barker is one of the finest writers I have read in years, and I have read most of the classics, and most of the top literary books of the time. It is important to enjoy the British voice which is understated with a quiet dry humor and lots of subtext. The historical accuracy is impressive. I am a fan of the Brits but if you are not, and prefer Russian novels stylistically instead, then this book may not be for you. I had been warned that the WWI stuff was depressing to read, but I did not find this trilogy depressing in any way. The strength of the human spirit and the courage of the British was inspiring to read and Rivers is a character I wish I could have known in real life. Start with Regeneration before reading this book. You will be in for a great treat. Great on the Kindle/ipad because the online dictionary is handy and adds to the reading.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Printing Hiccup ? Last page missing.
Reviewed in the United States on June 9, 2023
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i really enjoy Pat Barker. This trilogy is very powerful. The reason I gave it 3 stars is due I assume to a printing error. The last page (in the book } ends in mid sentence .No .period, Is the actual last page missing ? I don't know.
irritating ? Yes. As the middle book of this Trilogy I have pretty good idea of the story.
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Red Fox
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent. A bit dry in the first third but a good follow up to “Restoration”
Reviewed in the United States on August 26, 2019
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Recommended to those enjoyed the somewhat excellent book in this series (of three): “Regeneration” being the first and best book. . The characters, their poetry, the hospital, Dr Weeks and The Great War really existed.
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Robert Macfarlane
4.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating
Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2019
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Beautifully written, poignant and horrific. Startling today to think what madness unconstrained patriotism can evoke. It is almost certain a similar book could have been written about the other side.
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Elisa DeCarlo
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful book
Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2020
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This is an incredible portrait of soldiers trying to survive the emotional wounds of World War One. Part of the Regeneration Trilogy. A phenomenal trio of books.
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J Darragh
4.0 out of 5 stars All books in this trilogy are excellent and I learned things about the first World War ...
Reviewed in the United States on July 28, 2016
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All books in this trilogy are excellent and I learned things about the first World War that I had never heard of.
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CHARVOLEN A.
4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting psychology
Reviewed in France on March 30, 2024
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It is very easy to identify with the characters in this novel who are very precisely and finely portrayed within a context of life over the wartime period. I liked this novel very much.
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mr stephen paul wild
5.0 out of 5 stars Daughter number 2 loves this author
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 16, 2024
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Daughter loves this book well written a good read
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M.J.Harding
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant
Reviewed in Australia on December 5, 2019
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Deeply insightful of man's consistent in-consistency
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Malini Gazdar
5.0 out of 5 stars ... morE convinced than ever of the futility of the Great War.
Reviewed in India on February 28, 2016
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It continued my fascination with the story of the characters and left me morE convinced than ever of the futility of the Great War.
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Sury
1.0 out of 5 stars Aún estoy esperando
Reviewed in Spain on October 24, 2012
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Hice el pedido el dos de Octubre y llegaría antes del 8. Pues bien, sigo esperando y estamos a 24 de Octubre. Veremos a ver si llega al final o me como las doce uvas leyendo el libro que vamos a empezar a dar ya en la Universidad.
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