The Middle Parts of Fortune : Somme And Ancre, 1916 Paperback / softback
by Frederic Manning, Niall Ferguson
Part of the Penguin Modern Classics series
Paperback / softback
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A moving, raw and powerful novel about fighting on the front - 'The finest and noblest book of men in war that I have ever read' (Ernest Hemingway)Bourne is a private fighting on the front.
He is under pressure to accept a commission and become an officer, but he prefers to be among the ranks, drawn into the universal struggle for survival in a world gone mad. Manning's startling work is unlike any other First World War novel in its portrayal of the lives of ordinary British soldiers: the trauma of the Somme; the moments of bloodlust; the camaraderie, rivalry, alcohol and boredom.
Considered obscene for its language and previously published in censored form as Her Privates We, The Middle Parts of Fortune appears here in its raw, unexpurgated version.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:272 pages
- Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication Date:03/04/2014
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- ISBN:9780141393414
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Information
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Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:272 pages
- Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication Date:03/04/2014
- Category:
- ISBN:9780141393414
