Amazing to think that the events in this novel, first published in 1919, were so recent for the author, and although it's now more than 100 years later, manages to feel so visceral, so horrific and real. The narrator is relating the story of Henry Penrose, a young officer in the British army, serving first in Gallipoli and then in the French trenches. It's about his courage and brilliantly portrays the daily indignities, terrors, and (often) boredom of a soldier's life. I am cross though that my edition gave away something on the back cover that would have been better for me to discover myself - so if you read this - and I really recommend it, try not to read anything more before you dive in. Recommended by Alice Winn as part of my Read This: Books under the Radar series.