"This writing has to do with some things I saw, felt, and was part of": With quiet modesty, David Jones introduces one of the grandest imaginative efforts to grapple with World War I. Fusing poetry and prose, gutter-speech and high music, Jones creates a panoramic picture of a hellish world of interminable waiting and unforeseen death, while remaining alert to the humanity that lights up even the wasteland of war....
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