Johnny Got His Gun
A Novel
$29.29
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
1 January 1985
Summary
“Trumbo sets this story down almost without pause or punctuation and with a fury accounting to eloquence.” - The New York Times
This was no ordinary war. This was a war to make the world safe for democracy. And if democracy was made safe, then nothing else mattered—not the millions of dead bodies, nor the thousands of ruined lives… .
This is no ordinary novel. This is a novel that never takes the easy way out—it is shocking, violent, terrifying, horrible, uncompromising, bruta…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780553274325 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0553274325 |
| Author: | Dalton Trumbo |
| Publisher: | Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc |
| Imprint: | Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 1 January 1985 |
| Weight: | 130g |
| Dimensions: | 174mm x 106mm x 17mm |
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Critics Review
“Mr. Trumbo sets this story down
“[It is] very hard to write about Johnny Got His Gun without being guilty of understatement or hysterics. It is a terrifying book, of an extraordinary emotional intensity.”—Washington Post
“An extraordinarily agitating book, passionate in its language, potent in its emotional effect, a novel that tells in unsparingly honest words what a wickedly gruesome business war is, and how wickedly wasteful. Johnny Got His Gun, full of horror and hurt, will be a terrific and vivid experience for anyone who reads it.”—Boston Herald
“It is hard to imagine a more persuasive argument for staying out of war than this smooth, savage, brilliant tale.”—Chicago Daily News
About The Author
Dalton Trumbo
Dalton Trumbo was one of the most prolific and important literary figures of our time. His more than sixty screenplays include Spartacus, Exodus, Papillon, and the Academy Award–winning The Brave One. Johnny Got His Gun is the most highly acclaimed work of his remarkable career.
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