Achtung Schweinehund!

A Boy's Own Story of Imaginary Combat

Harry Pearson

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English

Abacus
01 March 2008

Biography; Autobiography: general; Air forces & warfare; Humour

Now in B format.

A brilliantly funny and nostalgic look at 1960s and 70s childhood as well as a more serious examination of boys' (and some men's) obsession with war

This is a book about men and war. Not real conflict but war as it has filtered down to generations of boys and men through toys, comics, games and movies. Harry Pearson belongs to the great battalion of British men who grew up playing with toy soldiers - refighting World War II - and then stopped growing up. Inspired by the photos of the gallant pilot uncles that decorated the wall above his father's model-making table, by Sergeant Hurricane, Action Man and Escape from Colditz, dressed in Clarks' commando shoes and with the Airfix Army in support, he battled in the fields and on the beaches, in his head and on the sitting-room floor and across his bedroom ceiling. And thirty years later he still is.

ACHTUNG SCHWEINEHUND! is a celebration of those glory days, a boy's own story of the urge to play, to conquer - and to adopt very bad German accents, shouting 'Donner und Blitzen' at every opportunity. A tale of obsession, glue and plastic kits, this is the story of one boy's imaginary war and where it led him.

By: Harry Pearson
Imprint: Abacus
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Digital original
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 180g
ISBN: 9780349115689
ISBN 10: 0349115680
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 01 March 2008
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Author Website: www.harrypearson.co.uk

Harry Pearson is a journalist and writer who contributes regularly to the GUARDIAN, GQ and WHEN SATURDAY COMES. Author Location: Hexham, Northumberland THE FAR CORNER / RACING PIGS AND GIANT MARROWS / A TALL MAN IN A LOW LAND (978 0 316 85733 8)/ AROUND THE WORLD BY MOUSE (+ 349 11206 0)

Reviews for Achtung Schweinehund!: A Boy's Own Story of Imaginary Combat

His war-obsessed childhood is so warm and funny and true you might be tempted to hug yourself with delight - SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 'Funny, perceptive ... Pearson has you laughing throughout with guilty recognition. You learn a lot of quirky facts and a fair bit of military history from this endearing memoir - SUNDAY TIMES He has a very good line in comedy - DAILY MAIL A funny, perceptive book about men and their ineradicable love of war ... Harry Pearson has you laughing throughout with guilty recognition - Christopher Hart, SUNDAY TIMES