Turvey |
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Author:
| Birney, Earle |
Afterword by:
| Purdy, Al |
Series title: | New Canadian Library |
ISBN: | 978-0-7710-9354-8 |
Publication Date: | Aug 2008 |
Publisher: | McClelland & Stewart
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Imprint: | New Canadian Library |
Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $23.95 |
Book Description:
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Private Thomas Leadbeater Turvey is nobody's idea of a capable recruit. Shifted from regimental pillar to post, Turvey tries and fails at every odd job in the army with a remarkable genius for mishap.
A casualty before he has a chance to see action, Turvey watches the maimed and dying return from the front; thus Earle Birney's comic masterpiece becomes an unforgettable indictment of war.
Turvey won the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour in 1949.
Private Thomas Leadbeater Turvey is nobody's idea of a capable recruit. Shifted from regimental pillar to post, Turvey tries and fails at every odd job in the army with a remarkable genius for mishap.
A casualty before he has a chance to see action, Turvey watches the maimed and dying return from the front; thus Earle Birney's comic masterpiece becomes an unforgettable indictment of war.
Turvey won the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour in 1949.