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Eileen Battersby’s books of the year: Fiction

Newspaper: The Irish Times
Date: Dec 17 2015
URL: http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/eileen-battersby-s-books-of-the-year-fiction-1.2468585

The Red Collar By Jean-Christophe Rufin, translated by Adrianna Hunter (Europa) Double Prix Goncourt winner Rufin focuses on a battered old dog waiting outside a prison cell where a disgruntled guard watches a war hero awaiting interrogation. The truth gradually emerges, and with it, a war story with a difference.