'When it isn't prison, it's hell'. Or that's the heartfelt belief of conscripts Jonathan Browne and Mike 'Ginger' Brady. For this is the British Army in the days of National Service, a grimy deposit of post-war cynicism.

It consists of one endless, shambling round of kit layout, square-bashing, shepherd's pie 'made from real shepherds', PT and drill relieved by the occasional lecture on firearms or VD.

The reckless, impulsive Mike and the more pragmatic Jonathan adopt radically different attitudes to this two year confiscation of their freedom ... and the consequences are dramatic.
Dimensions:127 x 190
Author: David Lodge
ISBN: 9780140066401
Format: Paperback
Pages 218