The WarsClarke, Irwin, 1977 - 226 pages In 1915, Robert Ross, a young Canadian, enlists in the army as an officer. His experiences of life in a training camp, of the trenches in Europe, and with death, are vividly told. Some strong language amd explicit descriptions of sex. Winner of the 1977 Governor General's Award for Fiction. 1977. |
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Timothy Findley. Davenport gave away chocolate bars to soldiers leaning out of trains . When Mrs Ross accompanied her and stood on the station platform it gave her the feeling she was mitigat- ing bullets . Standing on the steps , but ...
Timothy Findley. Davenport gave away chocolate bars to soldiers leaning out of trains . When Mrs Ross accompanied her and stood on the station platform it gave her the feeling she was mitigat- ing bullets . Standing on the steps , but ...
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... gave a cry of pain . It felt as if his knee caps had been torn away . But his fall was over . He was more than halfway down the side . Robert rolled over and dragged himself to a sitting posi- tion with the gun sticking out between his ...
... gave a cry of pain . It felt as if his knee caps had been torn away . But his fall was over . He was more than halfway down the side . Robert rolled over and dragged himself to a sitting posi- tion with the gun sticking out between his ...
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... gave myself the pleasure of the loveliest mass you can imagine ! The poor dreaded man would never have forgiven me , of course , - but you have to understand what it means to be able to order a mass and I knew I'd never have the ...
... gave myself the pleasure of the loveliest mass you can imagine ! The poor dreaded man would never have forgiven me , of course , - but you have to understand what it means to be able to order a mass and I knew I'd never have the ...
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