The Middle Parts of Fortune

Somme and Ancre, 1916

By: Frederic Manning, Niall Ferguson

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Paperback | 28 May 2014 | Edition Number 1

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'Kill the buggers! Kill the bloody fucking swine! Kill them!' Bourne is a private fighting on the front. He is under pressure to accept a commission and become an officer, but he prefers to be among the ranks, drawn into the universal struggle for survival in a world gone mad. Manning's startling work is unlike any other First World War novel in its portrayal of the lives of ordinary British soldiers- the trauma of the Somme; the moments of bloodlust; the camaraderie, rivalry, alcohol and boredom. Considered obscene for its language and previously published in censored form as Her Privates We, The Middle Parts of Fortune appears here in its raw, unexpurgated version. With an Introduction by Niall Ferguson 'Outstanding. Almost certainly the finest work of its kind to emerge from the war.' Max Hastings, Guardian

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Outstanding. Almost certainly the finest work of its kind to emerge from the war -- Max Hastings * Guardian *
I read it over once each year to remember how things really were -- Ernest Hemingway
The finest novel to come out of the First World War -- William Boyd

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