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Private Thomas Leadbeater Turvey is nobody’s idea of a capable recruit. Shifted from regimental pillar to post, Turvey tries and fails at every odd job in the army with a remarkable genius for mishap. A casualty before he has a chance to see action, Turvey watches the maimed and dying return from the front; thus Earle Birney’s comic masterpiece becomes an unforgettable indictment of war. Turvey won the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour in 1949.
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Turvey, Earle Birney
- Language
- Released
- 1977
- Binding
- (Paperback)
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- Title
- Turvey
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Earle Birney
- Publisher
- McClelland and Stewart
- Released
- 1977
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 288
- ISBN10
- 0771091346
- ISBN13
- 9780771091346
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Humor, Canada, Canadian Literature
- Rating
- 4 out of 5
- Description
- Private Thomas Leadbeater Turvey is nobody’s idea of a capable recruit. Shifted from regimental pillar to post, Turvey tries and fails at every odd job in the army with a remarkable genius for mishap. A casualty before he has a chance to see action, Turvey watches the maimed and dying return from the front; thus Earle Birney’s comic masterpiece becomes an unforgettable indictment of war. Turvey won the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour in 1949.