Toby's Room

From the Booker Prize-winning and Womens Prize-shortlisted author of The Silence of the Girls

The second novel in Pat Barkers acclaimed Life Class trilogy - a dark and compelling examination of desire, friendship and the horror of war, from one of our greatest writers on war and the human heart

Heart-rending... Tobys Room anatomises a world where extreme emotion shatters the boundaries of identity, behaviour, genderIndependent

Once again Barker skilfully moves between past and present, seamlessly weaving fact and fiction into a gripping narrativeSunday Telegraph

When Toby is reported Missing, Believed Killed, another secret casts a lengthening shadow over Elinors world: how exactly did Toby die - and why? Elinor determines to uncover the truth. Only then can she finally close the door to Tobys room. Moving from the Slade School of Art to Queen Marys Hospital, where surgery and art intersect in the rebuilding of the shattered faces of the wounded, Tobys Room is a riveting drama of identity, damage, intimacy and loss.

The Life Class trilogy:
Life Class
Tobys Room
Noonday