Written by a US army veteran, this novel of courage and cruelty during the first world war is filled with unsettlingly authoritative depictions of violence – but its characters are less believable Kevin Powers’s fourth novel marks a return to the themes and subject matter of his acclaimed debut T...
Source: [Guardian International](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/aug/04/children-of-the-wild-by-kevin-powers-review-gripping-tale-of-a-friendship-forged-in-war)