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Johnny Got His Gun

by Dalton Trumbo

ISBN13: 9780553274325
ISBN10: 0553274325
Condition: Standard
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Publisher Comments:

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.

Review:

"Mr. Trumbo sets this story down almost without pause or punctuation and with a fury amounting to eloquence."-The New York Times

Review:

"It is hard to imaging a more persuasive argument for staying out of war than this smooth, savage, brilliant tale."-Chicago Daily News

Review:

"Mr. Trumbo sets this story down almost without pause or punctuation and with a fury amounting to eloquence."—New York Times

"It is hard to imaging a more persuasive argument for staying out of war than this smooth, savage, brilliant tale."—Chicago Daily News

Synopsis:

Experiences of a severely disabled World War I veteran which relates the horrors of war.

About the Author

Dalton Trumbo, author of the brilliant novel, Night of the Aurochs, was one of the most prolific and important literary figures of our time. His more than sixty screenplays include Spartacus, Exodus, Papillon, and the Academy Award-winning The Brave One. Johnny Got His Gun is the most highly-acclaimed work of Mr. Trumbo’s remarkable career.

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Margie, December 5, 2006 (view all comments by Margie)
This is a horrifying book. Not the writing itself, the contents. It is one you cannot put down and with the advances in medicine today, what happened to the hero could possibly happen today. I read this book many, many years ago but never forgot it. I loaned out my copy and it conveniently disappeared so if you buy it, safeguard it or you may not get it back.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780553274325
Introduction:
Trumbo, Dalton
Author:
Trumbo, Dalton
Introduction:
Trumbo, Dalton
Author:
Trumbo, Dalton
Publisher:
Bantam Books
Location:
New York :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
War
Subject:
Psychological
Subject:
World War, 1914-1918
Subject:
War stories
Copyright:
Edition Description:
Bantam Windstone ed.
Series Volume:
GM-25
Publication Date:
March 1984
Binding:
Mass Market Paperbound
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
256
Dimensions:
689x420x72 29

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