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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...
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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"'Scenes rivalling the best of D. H. Lawrence'" (Daily Telegraph)
"'Truly exciting'" (Daily Mail)
"'Splendidly conveys...compassion, excitement, entertainment'" (Evening Standard)
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"'Truly exciting'" (Daily Mail)
"'Splendidly conveys...compassion, excitement, entertainment'" (Evening Standard)
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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- PublisherISIS Large Print Books
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 0753151839
- ISBN 13 9780753151839
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages256
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Virgin Soldiers
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