One of the great World War I antiwar novels - honest, chilling, and
brilliantly satirical Based on the author's experiences on the
Western Front, Richard Aldington's first novel, Death of a Hero,
finally joins the ranks of Penguin Classics. Our hero is George
Winterbourne, who enlists in the British Expeditionary Army during
the Great War and gets sent to France. After a rash of casualties
leads to his promotion through the ranks, he grows increasingly
cynical about the war and disillusioned by the hypocrisies of
British society. Aldington's writing about Britain's ignorance of
the tribulations of its soldiers is among the most biting ever
published. Death of a Hero vividly evokes the morally degrading
nature of combat as it rushes toward its astounding finish. About
the author: Richard Aldington (1892-1962) was known as a
translator, critic, biographer, and poet of distinction. He joined
the British Army in 1916 and was wounded in 1918.
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