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      Strange Meeting

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      Young officer John Hilliard returns to his battalion in France following a period of sick leave in England. Despite having trouble adjusting to all the new faces, the stiff and reserved Hilliard forms a friendship with David Barton, an open and cheerful new recruit who has sti...

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      Product ID:9780140036954
      Product Form:Paperback / softback
      Country of Manufacture:GB
      Title:Strange Meeting
      Authors:Author: Susan Hill
      Page Count:192
      Subjects:Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), First World War fiction, First World War fiction
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      Young officer John Hilliard returns to his battalion in France following a period of sick leave in England. Despite having trouble adjusting to all the new faces, the stiff and reserved Hilliard forms a friendship with David Barton, an open and cheerful new recruit who has still to be bloodied in battle.

      Susan Hill''s classic novel Strange Meeting tells of the power of love amidst atrocities.

      ''He was afraid to go to sleep. For three weeks, he had been afraid of going to sleep . . .''

      Young officer John Hilliard returns to his battalion in France following a period of sick leave in England. Despite having trouble adjusting to all the new faces, the stiff and reserved Hilliard forms a friendship with David Barton, an open and cheerful new recruit who has still to be bloodied in battle. As the pair approach the front line, to the proximity of death and destruction, their strange friendship deepens. But each knows that soon they will be separated . . .

      ''A remarkable feat of imaginative and descriptive writing'' The Times

      ''The feeling of men under appalling stress at a particular moment in history is communicated with almost uncanny power'' Sunday Times

      ''Truly Astonishing'' Daily Telegraph


      Imprint Name:Penguin Books Ltd
      Publisher Name:Penguin Books Ltd
      Country of Publication:GB
      Publishing Date:1973-10-25

      Additional information

      Weight142 g
      Dimensions202 × 131 × 6 mm