'Rarely has such heat been associated with so strong a wind ... Hour after hour passed and not a drop fell ... on the parched and cracking ground' The Times, July 25th, 1921 To mark the centenary of the First World War, Vintage is launching a unique collection of war fiction. April 2014 will see the publication of twelve works by the greatest writers of the last century, each tackling this most powerful and universal of subjects.

Thorpe offers an immaculate re-recording of long-dead voices Observer As always, Adam Thorpe displays a gift for revealing the suggestively sinister in a pastoral setting. Independant his complex, beautifully written, witty and insightful novel never loses sight of its theme Daily Mail Thorpe's First World War is not like any other Herald-Glasgow

Adam Thorpe was born in Paris in 1956. His first novel, Ulverton, was published in 1992, and he has written nine others, two collections of stories and six books of poetry. His new translations of Madame Bovary and Therese Raquin have recently been published by Vintage. www.adamthorpe.net