Declarations of War Yann Martel But though there's no bench

But though there's no bench

in sunshine and shadow

but when Gerry betrays his lover Moira

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Damon Galgut's masterful novel of longing and thwarted desire following one man on three very different journeys

Declarations of War Yann Martel But though there's no benchA collection of thirteen stories that offer an inside view of fighting men poised at the edge of death. Includes a new fourteenth story which appears here for the very first time. Len Deighton's only collection of shorter fiction, this dazzling array of stories spans twenty three centuries of warfare. From Hannibal's march on Rome when strange, moving objects terrorise the troops of one of the toughest and most skilful armies in history to the efforts