
Ginger, You're Barmy
by David Lodge
Title:
Ginger, You're Barmy
Author:
David Lodge
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
240 pages
Publisher:
TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale
ISBN-13:
9780099554134
EAN:
9780099554134
Classifications:
Modern and Contemporary (Post c 1945)
Weight (g):
292
Dimensions (mm):
200 x 130 x 15
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
When it isn't prison, it's hell.Or at least 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 gloom. An endless round of kit layout, square-bashing, shepherd's pie 'made with real shepherds' and drills is relieved only by the occasional lecture on firearms or V.D. The reckless, impulsive Mike and the more pragmatic Jonathan adopt radically different attitudes to survive this two-year confiscation of their freedom, with dramatic consequences




















