An absorbing and skilful story, exploring the attitudes of a younger brother who has grown up overawed by the image of his elder brother. His life changes when he goes to Bosnia and Serbia to explore the land that took his brother's life. Set in the unforgiving world of post Soviet Yugoslavia and Russia, the hero is forced to re-examine the basis of morality, the nature of war and peace, love and hate, and violence and submission. The novel explores the motivations behind these and how ordinary people can be pushed to do the unthinkable. "In My Brother's Shadow" is about the relationship of...
An absorbing and skilful story, exploring the attitudes of a younger brother who has grown up overawed by the image of his elder brother. His life cha...
