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Border Crossing

By Pat Barker
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In Border Crossing by Pat Barker, a psychologist is thrown into a moral quandary when he encounters a former patient who has been released from prison. The patient, previously involved in a high-profile crime, seeks the psychologist's help to make sense of his life outside bars. This encounter disrupts the psychologist's personal and professional balance, leading to an exploration of themes like guilt, redemption, and the nature of evil.
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You might enjoy this book if you appreciate complex psychological thrillers that delve into themes of morality and redemption. It explores the intricate dynamics between a psychologist and a former child offender, offering a gripping narrative that examines the fine lines between guilt and innocence. Fans of thought-provoking and character-driven stories will likely find this compelling.

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Tom Seymour is a child psychiatrist who has worked in the north of England for many years. One day, while walking by the river near his house, he rescues a young man from drowning, and realizes that it's Danny Miller, a child murderer at whose trial he once gave evidence. Evidence that he has since come to regard as deeply flawed...

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When Tom Seymour, a child psychologist, plunges into a river to save a young man from drowning, he unwittingly reopens a chapter from his past he'd hoped to forget. For Tom already knows Danny Miller—when Danny was ten, Tom helped imprison him for the killing of an old woman.

Now out of prison with a new identity, Danny has some questions—questions he thinks only Tom can answer. Reluctantly, Tom is drawn back into Danny's world—a place where the border between good and evil, innocence and guilt is blurred and confused.

But when Danny's demands on Tom become extreme, Tom wonders whether he has crossed a line of his own—and in crossing it, can he ever go back?

Border Crossing by Pat Barker is a gripping narrative that explores psychological complexities and the thin line separating moralities.

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Border Crossing by Pat Barker has been praised for its deep psychological exploration and menacing atmosphere, reminiscent of authors like Joyce Carol Oates and Ian McEwan. The novel is noted for its engaging and urgent prose, powerful moral exploration, and its ability to capture the complexity of human psychology, creating an unsettling yet compelling narrative.

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ISBN: 9780140270747

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 04 April 2002

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 22.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 251g

Pages: 288

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About the Author

Pat Barker was born in 1943. She is the author of Union Street, Blow your House Down, The Century's Daughter, The Man Who Wasn't There, the Regeneration Trilogy (Regeneration, The Eye in the Door and The Ghost Road), Another World, Border Crossing, Double Vision, and the Life Class Trilogy (Life Class, Toby's Room and Noonday). Pat Barker lives in Durham.

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