Good Sons : A Novel Of The Great War
HALL Greg
- Paperback
- Edition: 1
NZ$32.00
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In early 1914 Frank Wilson and his two close friends, Tom Davis and Robert Sutherland, are growing up in Oamaru in the South Island of New Zealand. The coming war in Europe arouses the hopes and dreams of a generation of young men. The pressure becomes irresistible and one by one the boys become soldiers. Frank delays his decision but in 1916 a strange encounter shocks him into enlisting.
After a rapid coming-of-age in the training camps of the North Island the novel moves to France. A reunion, the insanity of a love affair in the midst of a terrible war and a brutal event set Frank on course for the best and worst days of his young life. As he becomes a frontline soldier and experiences h ...
Publication date: 2017-04-03
Number of pages: 293
Publisher: Mary Egan Publishing
Subjects:
Fiction, Contemporary, Historical Fiction, Crime / Thrillers, Thriller / Suspense, NZ Fiction, NZ Thriller / Suspense, Published in New Zealand
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