Whistle - Softcover

Jones, James

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0440392624 ISBN 13: 9780440392620

Publisher: Laurel, 1991

Synopsis

An incisive portrait of the plight of four wounded infantrymen follows their return home from World War II combat, their struggle to restore shattered bodies and minds, and their search for purpose, honor, and self

About this title

About the Author

James Jones (1921–1977) was one of the most accomplished American authors of the World War II generation. He served in the U.S. Army from 1939 to 1944, and was present at the attack on Pearl Harbor as well as the battle for Guadalcanal, where he was decorated with a purple heart and bronze star. Jones’s experiences informed his epic novels From Here to Eternity and The Thin Red Line. His other works include Some Came Running, The Pistol, Go to the Widow-Maker, The Ice-Cream Headache and Other Stories, The Merry Month of May, A Touch of Danger, Whistle, and To the End of the War—a book of previously unpublished fiction.

Review

“Jones was a powerful naturalistic chronicler of certain essential realities of warfare and of the responses of men at war.” —The New York Times Book Review “Few men write as effectively about the American army as James Jones.” —Newsweek “The only one of my contemporaries who I felt had more talent than myself was James Jones. And he has also been the only writer of any time for whom I felt any love.” —Norman Mailer

Edition details

• Publisher: Laurel
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0440392624
• ISBN 13: 9780440392620
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 576