The Middle Parts of Fortune
Somme And Ancre, 1916
Frederic Manning author Niall Ferguson author
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Published:3rd Apr '14
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
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.
Outstanding. Almost certainly the finest work of its kind to emerge from the war -- Max Hastings * Guardian *
I read it over once each year to remember how things really were -- Ernest Hemingway
The finest novel to come out of the First World War -- William Boyd
ISBN: 9780141393414
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 15mm
Weight: 202g
272 pages