‘The finest and noblest book of men in war that I have ever read’ — Ernest Hemingway. Private Bourne is fighting on the front lines, resisting pressure to accept a commission and become an officer. He chooses to remain among the ranks, bound by the universal struggle for survival in a world undone by conflict. Manning’s extraordinary novel stands apart from every other work of First World War fiction in its unflinching portrayal of ordinary British soldiers: the horror of the Somme, the sudden flare of bloodlust, the camaraderie, rivalry, drunkenness and endless boredom. Previously suppressed for its language and released in a bowdlerised edition under the title Her Privates We, The Middle Parts of Fortune is presented here in its raw, unexpurgated form — moving, visceral and utterly uncompromising.
ISBN 13: 9780141393414
Author: Frederic Manning
