Brilliant in its stark depiction of trench warfare in World War I, this lost classic was privately printed in a limited edition in 1930. British censors initially suppressed the short novel because of itsnbsp;tough antiwar viewsnbsp;and sympathetic portrayals of German soldiers,nbsp;and evennbsp;today's readers may be unprepared for itsnbsp;scenes of horrific battlefield carnagenbsp;and men driven to madness bynbsp;relentless psychological stress. Providing a new view of an underappreciated Canadian author, the book also stands as a fascinating addition to the comparatively small shelf ofnbsp;literature by writers who fought in the Great War.
- Genre: Fiction + Literature Themes
- Subgenre: War + Military
- Publisher: Exile Editions
- Pages: 47
- Language: English
- Format: paperback
- Release Date: September 30, 2008
- Date Published: September 30, 2008
- Author: James Hanley, Bruce Meyer