This is the first full book-length study of Pat Barker’s work Provides an extensive critical assessment and discussion of one of the most celebrated and popular contemporary British novelists Chapters draw on contemporary theories of critical realism, gender and social identities, memory and narrative, in order to outline the debates with which Barker’s work has consistently engaged Examines Pat Barker’s entire published oeuvre, and analyses the reasons for her success and significance as a novelist Essential reading for those interested in Barker’s place in the literary history of contemporary Britain