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- Edition: 1st
- ISBN-10: 0002215314
- ISBN-13: 9780002215312
- Publisher: Collins
- Pub date: Jan 01, 1971
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It's hard to care about the main characters - Jones seems to struggle finding any worthwhile conflicts outside of his WWII trilogy. But the description of the setting - the student revolution that shut down France in May 1968 - is very much worth the read.
Besides being on a James Jones kick, ... Continue
It's hard to care about the main characters - Jones seems to struggle finding any worthwhile conflicts outside of his WWII trilogy. But the description of the setting - the student revolution that shut down France in May 1968 - is very much worth the read.
Besides being on a James Jones kick, I recently saw Godard's 1967 film _La Chinoise_, which is a good portrait of the type of students that fueled the events of May 68. That helped make the book relevant for me.