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WAR DAMAGE garners great reviews
11 May 2009
Elizabeth Wilson's second novel WAR DAMAGE has been impressing the critics across the press in the UK. An atmospheric post-War thriller set in bomb-damaged London, its cast of characters and heightened suspense are winning acclaim.
Here's a selection of the press plaudits to date:
'[A] first class whodunit…The portrait of Austerity Britain is masterfully done…the most fascinating character in this impressive work is the exhausted capital itself.' - Julia Handford, Sunday Telegraph
‘[Wilson] evokes louche, bohemian NW3 with skill and relish’ - John O'Connell, Guardian
'The era of austerity after the Second World War makes an entertaining and convincing backdrop to Elizabeth Wilson's fine second novel, War Damage…A delight to read.' - Marcel Berlins, The Times
'This book is as stylish as one would hope. An evocative, escapist tale of murder and secrecy in post-war London, War Damage paints a picture of a city that, way before the ‘60s (even in the rubble of the Blitz), was swinging - Lauren Laverne, Grazia
'War Damage captures the murky, exhausted feel of post war London. Buildings and lives are being reconstructed and shady pasts covered over. The atmosphere of secrecy and claustrophobia is as thick as the swirling dust of recently bombed buildings. Wilson excels at a good story set in exquisite period detail' - Jane Cholmeley
‘Cultural historian Elizabeth Wilson used post-second World War austerity Britain as the setting for a crime novel in her atmospheric The Twilight Hour (2006), set around bohemian Fitzrovia and Brighton in 1947. In this loose sequel, she again brilliantly evokes that bleak world of bomb sites and food shortages…Wilson presents a nation struggling to get back on its feet, but she does not overdo the period detail…Regine is an idiosyncratic, vivid protagonist.’ - Peter Guttridge, Observer
‘[A] sleek and vivid period piece’ - Gay Times