{"product_id":"rain-3","title":"Rain","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDrawing on his own experience, Barney Campbell''s \u003ci\u003eRain\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful, vivid and affecting portrait of the Afghan frontline.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''No better on-the-ground description of Britain''s war will ever be written. \u003ci\u003eRain\u003c\/i\u003e is what \u003ci\u003eChickenhawk\u003c\/i\u003e or, more recently, \u003ci\u003eMatterhorn\u003c\/i\u003e was to Vietnam. It''s unputdownable, except for when the reader needs to draw breath or battle a lump in the throat''\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTom Chamberlain was destined to be a soldier from the moment he discovered a faded picture of his father patrolling the streets of Belfast.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith the war in Afghanistan at its savage peak, Tom is despatched from home in the dead of an anonymous September night, a blood tribute leaving without fanfare. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFull of eagerness, but wracked by self-doubt, he must discover who he is and what he is capable of.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut as the bonds with his comrades grow, home - and the loved ones left behind - seem ever more remote from the surreal violence and exhilaration of war.\u003cbr\u003e____________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''\u003ci\u003eRain\u003c\/i\u003e is not merely good, it''s remarkable. \u003cb\u003ePowerful, at times unbearably harrowing, it captures both the fear and exhilaration of men pushed to breaking point\u003c\/b\u003e'' JEREMY PAXMAN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''\u003cb\u003eA wonderfully achieved, enthralling and moving novel of war\u003c\/b\u003e. Its authenticity is as telling as it is terrifying'' WILLIAM BOYD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''\u003cb\u003eGripping\u003c\/b\u003e . . . \u003cb\u003ethe ending is genuinely shocking\u003c\/b\u003e'' \u003ci\u003eDAILY MAIL\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''\u003cb\u003eOne of the most powerful and emotional works ever written about British soldiers in battle\u003c\/b\u003e. Troubling, funny, upsetting, exhilarating and deeply moving. \u003cb\u003eYou will never forget it\u003c\/b\u003e'' COLONEL RICHARD KEMP\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''\u003cb\u003eOne of the best novels about the Afghanistan war\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e Brutally honest, it could have been a memoir'' DAVID AXE\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57318020809086,"sku":"NW9781405921213","price":11.67,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781405921213.jpg?v=1778699812","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/rain-3","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}