Small Wars: A Profound Historical Novel of a British Soldier Navigating Moral Compromise in Colonial Cyprus

Small Wars: A Profound Historical Novel of a British Soldier Navigating Moral Compromise in Colonial Cyprus

<p>“Sadie Jones has a long literary future ahead of her.” —Tracy Chevalier, author of <em>Girl with the Pearl Earring</em> </p><p>Fresh off her triumphantly assured debut novel <em>The Outcast</em>, award-winning author Sadie Jones has again delivered a quiet masterpiece in <em>Small Wars</em>. Set on the colonial, war-torn island of Cyprus in 1956, Jones tells the story of a young solider, Hal Treherne, and the effects of this “small war” on him, his wife Clara, and their family. Reminiscent of classic tales of love and war such as <em>The English Patient </em>and <em>Atonement</em>, Jones’s gripping novel also calls to mind the master works of Virginia Woolf and their portrayal of the quiet desperation of a marriage in crisis. <em>Small Wars</em> is at once a deeply emotional, meticulously researched work of historical fiction and a profound meditation on war-time atrocities committed both on and off the battlefield. </p>