Cover of The Letter Bearer

The Letter Bearer

First published 2014

About the book

“The Rider has no memory of who he is, where he is, or how he came to be lying dying in the brutal heat of the North African desert. Rescued by a band of deserters, the Rider begins to piece together his identity, based on shards of recollection and the letters in his mailbag. The Letter Bearer is unlike any other novel of World War Two. In the midst of profound trauma, terrible warfare, and the nameless experience of desertion, this gripping story asks us to consider how men build hope when they have nothing left not even a name.

Prizes

  1. 2014 Shortlist

About the author

Robert Allison, born 1963.

Subjects

Catalogue record

Author
Allison, Robert, 1963–
Statement
The Letter Bearer / Robert Allison.

Book facts

ISBN
978-1-61902-612-4
Records
Open Library Wikidata

Catalogue data checked 3 October 2026