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Despatches
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Daily Star war correspondent Cassius Smythe is off to the Dardanelles to report on the Allied campaign. That is, if only the War Office will let him tell the truth. But after months in the trenches at Anzac Cove, Smythe learns that it isn't just the Ottoman who wish to claim back the land, and the truth is as slippery as a serpent…
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Peter X Eriksson
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“I received an eARC of this novella from the author in exchange for an honest review.
I was already excited about this book but then, after receiving a strong recommendation from Alan Baxter, I was even more excited about it. And rightly so.
Written in epistolary form, comprising journal entries, letters and newspaper articles (mostly) by the main character, we get a picture of the horrors of the Dardanelles theatre of war in 1915. The representation of the horrors of the battle itself would be bad enough, but then there are the ... other ... things terrorizing the troops.
The feeding in of elements of the ANZAC troops in the offensive, the Maori battalion and one character from it who is a sort of prophet, was fascinating. The unspoken elements of the main character's life are handled wonderfully.
A skilfully written, compulsive read. Highly recommended!”
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