G-121 Look Down in Mercy

FOREWORD

“Blunt and Shocking. War in the Far East, with all its horror and madness, is the theme of this blunt and shocking novel that leaves nothing to the imagination.”

— MONTGOMERY ADVERTISER

‘‘Uncommonly Good. No one has brought back a truer, tougher fictional report on jungle warfare since Norman Mailer wrote THE NAKED AND THE DEAD. An uncommonly good first novel.”

— TIME

A realistic novel of one man’s descent to emotional ruin during the fiery crucible of war – the story of Tony Kent whose sordid affair with a Eurasian nurse drove him down the dark road to violence and damnation.

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Now comes a fourth classic of the impact of war on one man’s soul! Tony Kent, captain of a company being overwhelmed by the Japanese, begins his descent to damnation by betraying his wife in a sordid affair with a Eurasian.

But then, as the fighting becomes fiercer, his depravity becomes even darker. For now there are no women. Only handsome young Anson, his orderly, and Goodwin, and Tarrant, the cynical, all-knowing Sergeant. These are men stripped of all but raw emotions—characters in a great and unforgettable novel that has won the highest critical acclaim the world over!