The Middle Parts of Fortune av Frederic Manning, Niall Ferguson

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<p><b>A moving, raw and powerful novel about fighting on the front - <i>''The finest and noblest book of men in war that I have ever read''</i> (Ernest Hemingway)<br></b><br>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.<br><br>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 <i>Her Privates We</i>, <i>The Middle Parts of Fortune</i> appears here in its raw, unexpurgated version.</p>