Johnny Got His Gun

A Novel

Dalton Trumbo

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English

Bantam
01 January 1985

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); First World War fiction

""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, brutal, remorseless and gruesome . . . but so is

war.

By: Dalton Trumbo
Imprint: Bantam
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 174mm, Width: 106mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 136g
ISBN: 9780553274325
ISBN 10: 0553274325
Pages: 243
Publication Date: 01 January 1985
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Johnny Got His Gun: A Novel

Mr. Trumbo sets this story down almost without pause or punctuation and with a fury accounting to eloquence. --The New York Times [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