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At the start of the war in 1939 James Bevan is a junior officer approaching middle-age, attached to a small anti-aircraft unit on the south coast.Abandoned by his wife, the soldiers he command are his Bairnsfather, whose sexual encounters with his girl friend Muriel take place in an air-raid shelter; Cartwright, trying to keep two women on his gunner's pay of a shilling a day; Hignet, cosily educating himself in the orderly room. It is a rude awakening when they are called upon for the real war.Hugely absorbing, rich and rewarding, Other Times brims with history and experience, love, sorrow and humour.
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Other Times, Thomas Leslie
- Language
- Released
- 2000
- Binding
- (Paperback)
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- Title
- Other Times
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Thomas Leslie
- Publisher
- Arrow Books
- Released
- 2000
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 512
- ISBN10
- 0099415232
- ISBN13
- 9780099415237
- Series
- Tags
- Adventure, 20th century, Wars, World War II, Soldiers, 1930s, War Stories
- Description
- At the start of the war in 1939 James Bevan is a junior officer approaching middle-age, attached to a small anti-aircraft unit on the south coast.Abandoned by his wife, the soldiers he command are his Bairnsfather, whose sexual encounters with his girl friend Muriel take place in an air-raid shelter; Cartwright, trying to keep two women on his gunner's pay of a shilling a day; Hignet, cosily educating himself in the orderly room. It is a rude awakening when they are called upon for the real war.Hugely absorbing, rich and rewarding, Other Times brims with history and experience, love, sorrow and humour.