Johnny Got His Gun A Novel |
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| Author:
| Trumbo, Dalton |
| ISBN: | 978-0-553-27432-5 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1985 |
| Publisher: | Random House Publishing Group
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| Imprint: | Bantam |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $16.99 |
Book Description:
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"Trumbo sets this story down almost without pause or punctuation and with a fury accounting to eloquence."--The New York Times This was no ordinary war. This was a war to make the world safe for democracy. And if democracy was made safe, then nothing else mattered--not the millions of dead bodies, nor the thousands of ruined lives. . . . This is no ordinary novel. This is a novel that never takes the easy way out: it is shocking, violent, terrifying,...
More Description "Trumbo sets this story down almost without pause or punctuation and with a fury accounting to eloquence."--The New York Times
This was no ordinary war. This was a war to make the world safe for democracy. And if democracy was made safe, then nothing else mattered--not the millions of dead bodies, nor the thousands of ruined lives. . . . This is no ordinary novel. This is a novel that never takes the easy way out: it is shocking, violent, terrifying, horrible, uncompromising, brutal, remorseless and gruesome . . . but so is war.