On the Kindle - Ghost Road

So, I've come to the final of the Regeneration trilogy and Booker winning novel 'The Ghost Road'. It ends badly. But it wasn't a surprise - even a comedy like Blackadder finished badly when it portrayed the trenches in WW1. The book continues the exploration of sex/death/class in an era when European humans were ruled by obvious dickheads. Not totally certain things have changed that much - the dickheads continue to rule because stupidity is contagious. So, like its predecessors in the trilogy - not a cheery tale - graphic descriptions of the horrors at war - graphic descriptions of boy/boy sex - a gripping read, but point yourself towards a light comedy afterwards. Here's the quote:

 "Ghosts everywhere. Even the living were only ghosts in the making. You learned to ration your commitment to them."