- Army, Northern Ireland, fiction, English fiction
An excellent portrayal of life in the Army in Northern Ireland during the troubles, laced with good and plausible humour.
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Classical in form, earnest, cool and effortless.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- cooloverwhelming
- effortlessdemanding
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Alan Judd
- First published
- 1981
- Pages
- 288
- Publisher
- Flamingo, Magna Large Print Books, HarperCollins Publishers
- Editions
- 10
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780006545354
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