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'Moves so intensely and inexorably that it almost seems like the war it is describing' The New York Times Book Review 'Is it really worth it to die, to be dead, just to prove to everybody that you're not a coward?' On Guadalcanal in the south Pacific, the soldiers of C Company are about to enter the war. The men know they face their baptism of fire. But none know if they will be one of 'the lucky ones' to make it safely off the island. From Captain Stein, who feels like a father to his troops, and 'Mad' Sergeant Welsh, condemning all nations while swigging gin from his canteen, to Private Bell, who just wants to get home to his wife, they will discover the line that divides sanity from madness, and life from death. A scathing critique of heroism, The Thin Red Line is among the greatest masterpieces of war writing. 'The men are real, the words are real, death is real, imminent and immediate' Los Angeles Times
Soon to be a major motion picture, this classic war novel by the author of From Here to Eternity tells the story of the men of C-for-Charlie company before, during, and after the Allied effort at Guadalcanal. Brutal, direct, and powerful.--Los Angeles Times. They are the men of C-for-Charlie company
An incredible publishing story--written over the course of 30 years by a highly decorated Vietnam veteran, a New York Times bestseller for 16 weeks, a National Indie Next and a USA TODAY bestseller--Matterhorn is the timeless story of a young Marine lieutenant, Waino Mellas, and his comrades in Brav
