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“Rendered in beautifully poetic prose… An emphatic yet flawed man drives this wonderful novel, the first from an author ready for a glittering literary career.”  —Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review)

"Creditable 1st Novel. #WW2 in Italy." —Margaret Atwood "This is a startlingly good book, let alone a first novel . . . is so realistic, and the emotions are so palpable, whether it is discussing the fighting action, the turmoil going on in Jim's mind, or his strained conversations with his peeved wife . . . It's as if the author has become Jim himself, and although too young to have known war, Mr. Murphy writes as if he were ther in Italy . . . a genuine winner." —James Fisher, miramichireader.ca"Murphy has a poetic style that at times follows Hemingway's stream-of-consciousness path into a shell-shocked soldier's fevered dreams. He vividly and movingly tells the story of many frightened young men who went off to fight what they thought would be a glorious war but found only pain and suffering." —Publishers Weekly"Montreal Writer Matthew Murphy's debut novel is told in prose that is muscular, explicit, disturbing, and yet so poetic it can leave the reader dazed and breathless . . . . A Beckoning War is the product of an amazing net talent." —Paul Gessell, quillandquire.com