Whistle (Delta World War II Library) - Softcover

Jones, James

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0385334249 ISBN 13: 9780385334242

Publisher: Bantam Dell Pub Group, 1999

Synopsis

Originally published in 1978, a rousing novel captures the pain and torment of war as four men from one infantry company are sent home after being among the first to be wounded. Reprint.

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Review

“Jones was a powerful naturalistic chronicler of certain essential realities of warfare and of the responses of men at war.” —The New York Times Book Review “Few men write as effectively about the American army as James Jones.” —Newsweek “The only one of my contemporaries who I felt had more talent than myself was James Jones. And he has also been the only writer of any time for whom I felt any love.” —Norman Mailer

About the Author

James Jones (1921–1977) was one of the most accomplished American authors of the World War II generation. He served in the U.S. Army from 1939 to 1944, and was present at the attack on Pearl Harbor as well as the battle for Guadalcanal, where he was decorated with a purple heart and bronze star. Jones’s experiences informed his epic novels From Here to Eternity and The Thin Red Line. His other works include Some Came Running, The Pistol, Go to the Widow-Maker, The Ice-Cream Headache and Other Stories, The Merry Month of May, A Touch of Danger, Whistle, and To the End of the War—a book of previously unpublished fiction.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bantam Dell Pub Group
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0385334249
• ISBN 13: 9780385334242
• Binding: Paperback