Traitor (Daisley novel)
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| Author | Stephen Daisley |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | novel |
| Publisher | Text Publishing, Australia |
Publication date | 2010 |
| Publication place | Australia |
Published in English | 2 August 2010 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 239 |
| ISBN | 9781921656491 |
| Followed by | Coming Rain |
Traitor is a 2010 novel written by New Zealand author Stephen Daisley.[1] It won the Prime Minister's Literary Award in Australia in 2011 for Best Fiction.[2]
Young New Zealand soldier David Monroe is fighting at Gallipoli in World War I when he meets a Turkish doctor, Mohammad. As they tend to a wounded soldier a bomb bursts nearby and both are sent to an army hospital on the island of Lemnos. The novel explores the growing friendship between the two men, and two cultures, as they recover from their wounds.
Notes
- Dedication: Dedicated to the memory of C.A. Daisley - née Lal Radcliffe 1920-2009
- Epigraph: "I hate the idea of causes, and if I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I would have the guts to betray my country." - E.M. Forster
