Johnny Got His Gun

Dalton Trumbo, E. L. Doctorow

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Penguin
07 September 2009

Fiction & Literature; First World War fiction

Series: Penguin Modern Classics

New to Penguin Modern Classics with a new introduction by E. L. Doctorow on the seventieth anniversary of its first publication

It was the war to end all wars, the global struggle that would finally make the world safe for democracy - at any cost. But one American soldier has paid a price beyond measure. And within the disfigured flesh that was once a vision of youth lives a spirit that cannot accept what the world has become.

An immediate bestseller upon its first publication in 1939, Trumbo's stark, profoundly troubling masterpiece about the horrors of the First World War brilliantly crystallized the uncompromising brutality of war and became the most influential protest novel of the Vietnam era. As timely as ever.

By: Dalton Trumbo
Introduction by: E. L. Doctorow
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 221g
ISBN: 9780141189819
ISBN 10: 0141189819
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 07 September 2009
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dalton Trumbo (1905-1976) was among the most prolific and important literary figures of his time. One of the famous Hollywood Ten, he refused to testify about his alleged Communist affiliations before the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1947. Johnny Got His Gun won a National Book Award in 1939. E.L. Doctorow is one of America's most accomplished and acclaimed living writers. Winner of the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award (twice), the PEN/Faulkner Award, and the National Humanities Medal, he is the author of nine novels that have explored the drama of American life from the late 19th century to the 21st.