In Memoriam

Alice Winn

Viking £14.99 Henry Gaunt and Tennyson-quoting Sidney Ellwood are friends at a secondrank English public school. When war breaks out in 1914, both are caught up in the patriotic scramble to enlist and their long suppressed, undeclared love for each other finally finds its expression amid the horror of the trenches. Fast-paced and gripping, this debut brings fresh eyes to bear on the incomprehensible carnage that decimated a generation, steering just the right side of cliche and sentimentality. A moving elegy for lost youth.