Brian O. Murdoch Book order (chronological)

A young German soldier of World War I tells of a generation of men who, even though they may have escaped shells, were destroyed by the war.

Brian Murdoch provides an alternative view of the Middle Ages, showing the anarchy and decadence which lurked below the surface of a devout and conformist society. The grinning gargoyle, which mocked the solemnity of Gothic cathedrals, symbolises the violence, depravity and irreverence inherent in man which could not be suppressed by the church.