num_pages: 384
description: A Guardian Best Book of the YearFinalist for the Minnesota Book AwardA Dayton Literary Peace Prize in Fiction FinalistA Barnes &amp; Noble Discover Great New Writers SelectionAn ABA/Indies Introduce Debut Dozen Selection The lauded masterpiece about a family divided by World War I hailed as brilliant . . . altogether a remarkable debut (Simon Mawer author of The Glass Room ). From a village in Nova Scotia to the trenches of France P. S. Duffys astonishing debut showcases a rare talent emerging in midlife. When his beloved brother-in-law goes missing at the front in 1916 Angus defies his pacifist upbringing to join the war and find him. Assured a position as a cartographer in London he is instead sent directly into battle. Meanwhile at home his son Simon Peter must navigate escalating hostility in a town torn by grief. Selected as both a Barnes &amp; Noble Discover pick and one of the American Bookseller Associations Debut Dozen The Cartographer of No Mans Land offers a soulful portrayal of World War I and the lives that were forever changed by it both on the battlefield and at home.
language: English
title: The Cartographer of No Man's Land
publisher: Liveright