Regeneration

Pat Barker's extraordinary Regeneration takes you inside Craiglockhart War Hospital in 1917, where poet Siegfried Sassoon and army psychologist W.H.R. Rivers navigate the impossible space between duty, trauma, and truth. Barker weaves real historical figures with fictional voices to create something haunting and deeply humane—a meditation on masculinity, memory, and the cost of war that feels startlingly relevant today. Perfect for readers who love literary historical fiction that doesn't shy away from complexity.