The Virgin Soldiers (Fiction - general) - Hardcover

Thomas, Leslie

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9780094520400: The Virgin Soldiers (Fiction - general)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0094520402 ISBN 13: 9780094520400

Publisher: Constable, 1975

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'It rained a lot and steamed when the sun shone. It was always hot. But it was safe...'

One way or another the Communist guerrilla war in Malaya kept a whole British army occupied from 1948 until 1952. They were the virgin soldiers. Idle, homesick, afraid, bored, oversexed and unsatisfied.

A young virgin like Brigg had to grab his fun while and where he could - in the Liberty Club, in Juicy Lucy's flat or up in Phillipa's room - in one frantic attempt at living before he died or got demobbed...

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Review:

"'Scenes rivalling the best of D. H. Lawrence'" (Daily Telegraph)

"'Truly exciting'" (Daily Mail)

"'Splendidly conveys...compassion, excitement, entertainment'" (Evening Standard)

From the Publisher:

Leslie Thomas's best-known and most enduring novel, published for the first time in Arrow Books and repackaged in a beautiful new look for a new audience.

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