In Memoriam

HUGH RYAN, THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

"Winn's prose is percussive, driving the story forward with a mix of Edwardian masculine sentimentality and the improbable plotting of a period romance ... The book is cut into the shape of a thousand cliffhangers, and although once or twice it strains credulity, I couldn't put it down ... Winn's exquisite pacing lives in her syntax as much as her plot, giving vim and vigor to every line."

HEPZIBAH ANDERSON, THE OBSERVER (UK)

"At once epic and intimate, humorous and profound, a vivid rendering of the madness and legacy of the first world war as seen through the lens of a schoolboy love affair ... Although Winn is interested in what war does to the self and to abstract notions of beauty, bravery and home, she doesn't shy away from the brutality of the frontline ... Even in the direst moments Winn's dialogue thrums with mirth and furious intelligence. Throughout, she artfully switches perspectives and settings, leaving the reader in desperate suspense over fates and fortunes."