War is a recurrent subject in Paton Walsh's writing, sometimes forming the backdrop for a story of emotional maturation, as in Fireweed, and sometimes constituting the central theme of the novel. War functions as both background and theme in Children of the Fox.
The stories depict the waste and terrible destruction that war wreaks as well as the heroism and loyalty that war inspires. Although violence and gruesome descriptions are less evident in.....
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