I wish I'd written . . . The Barracks is a little masterpiece. There is more grace in these quiet pages than on the whole of War and Peace. The Barracks is a little masterpiece. There is more grace in these quiet pages than on the whole of War and Peace.
Nothing happens, and yet everything does.
Reegan, an Irish policeman, lives in the barracks with his second wife Elizabeth and his children. Elizabeth has lumps in her breast. She has cancer. Reegan wants a new life away from the barracks. Elizabeth is dying.