Johnny Got His Gun
Author(s): Dalton Trumbo
This was no ordinary war. This was a war to make the world safe for democracy. And if democracy was made safe, then nothing else mattered--not the millions of dead bodies, nor the thousands of ruined lives...This is no ordinary novel. This is a novel that never takes the easy way out: it is shocking, violent, terrifying, horrible, uncompromising, brutal, remorseless and gruesome...but so is war.Winner of the National Book Award "Mr. Trumbo sets this story down almost without pause or punctuation and with a fury amounting to eloquence."-- "The New York Times" "It is hard to imaging a more persuasive argument for staying out of war than this smooth, savage, brilliant tale."-- "Chicago Daily News"
General Information
- :
- : Penguin Random House
- : Penguin Books Ltd
- : 0.292
- : 01 January 2007
- : 220mm X 150mm X 20mm
- : United States
- : books
Other Specifications
- : Dalton Trumbo
- : Paperback
- : 0707
- : en
- : 813.52
- : 254
More About The Product
Dalton Trumbo (December 9, 1905 September 10, 1976) was among the most prolific and important literary figures of his time. One of the famous Hollywood Ten, he refused to testify about his alleged communist affiliations before the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1947. Blacklisted from the film industry and charged with contempt of Congress, he served an eleven-month prison sentence. "Johnny Got His Gun," the most highly acclaimed work of Trumbo s extraordinary career, won a National Book award in 1939."