BIRNEY EARLE

Turvey: A Military Picaresque

McClelland & Stewart, 1966. Mass Market Paperback. Mass Market in Very Good+ condition. A sound binding with bright, unmarked pages. Light age tanning, spine browning and a faint number written on the top of the front cover. "Private Thomas Leadbeater Turvey is nobody’s idea of a capable recruit. Shifted from regimental pillar to post, Turvey tries and fails at every odd job in the army with a remarkable genius for mishap. A casualty before he has a chance to see action, Turvey watches the maimed and dying return from the front; thus Earle Birney’s comic masterpiece becomes an unforgettable indictment of war. "; New Canadian Library; Vol. 34; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 286 pages. Very Good .

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Book number: 26833

Catalogue: Fiction, Canada, Humour, Military

Keywords: Canada > Fiction Humor Military