Sergeant Nelson of the Guards (Paperback, Main)

Night and the City (1938) made Gerald Kersh's reputation, but it was as a war novelist that he reached a wide readership in 1942, via a pair of books about British army recruits, led by Sergeant Bill Nelson, preparing to see service in France. This Faber Finds edition collects both books. '[They Die With Their Boots Clean] is a picture of life in the raw in the Coldstream Guards, with all its rigorous discipline, its humour and comradeship.' TLS [In The Nine Lives Of Bill Nelson] the conversations are terse, ferociously slangy, full of hyperbole and outrageous wit, often irresistibly funny.' TLS [Kersh] has sure magic in taking us through the training of raw recruits... Each man's story is briefly and dramatically told, the episodes are vigorous, and Nelson holds the centre of the stage, as he leads the battered troops over 63 miles of French territory to Dunkirk...' Kirkus Reviews

General

Imprint:	Faber and Faber
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 2013
Authors:	Gerald Kersh
Dimensions:	216 x 135 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	328
Edition:	Main
ISBN-13:	978-0-571-30454-7
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction
LSN:	0-571-30454-0
Barcode:	9780571304547

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