How I Won the War

Ryan, Patrick

ISBN 10: 0571290205 / ISBN 13: 9780571290208

Published by Faber & Faber, 2012

Unread book in perfect condition. Seller Inventory # 16093761

Synopsis:

'Well, Sergeant, here we go then', I said. 'Getting our chance at last of a good old crack at the Boche, eh...?'
Ex-infantryman and reconnaissance officer, author and humorist Patrick Ryan is perhaps best remembered for this acerbically comic novel - first published in 1963 and quickly adapted into a 1967 feature film by Richard Lester, starring Michael Crawford and John Lennon. It is a satirical 'memoir' of the misadventures of the haphazard and notably naïve Lieutenant Ernest Goodbody and his fellow fighting men of Twelve Platoon - Sergeant Transom, Corporals Hink, Globe and Dooley, Private Drogue et al - as they stumble ill-preparedly into the theatres of World War Two.

Bibliographic Details

Title: How I Won the War
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Publication Date: 2012
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: As New