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Overview
Reissue of the enduring World War II novel, by the award-winning author of Birdy.
Set in the Ardennes Forest on Christmas Eve, 1944, A Midnight Clear is the story of Sergeant Will Knott and five other GIs ordered to establish an observation post in an abandoned chateau close to the German lines. Here they play at being soldiers in what seems to be complete isolation-until the Germans begin leaving signs of their presence.
Synopsis
Reissue of the enduring World War II novel, by the award-winning author of Birdy.
Set in the Ardennes Forest on Christmas Eve, 1944, A Midnight Clear is the story of Sergeant Will Knott and five other GIs ordered to establish an observation post in an abandoned chateau close to the German lines. Here they play at being soldiers in what seems to be complete isolation-until the Germans begin leaving signs of their presence.
Chicago Tribune
Put it on the same shelf as Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage, it has mythic quality.
Editorials
Chicago Tribune
Put it on the same shelf as Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage, it has mythic quality.Thomas R. Edwards
It covers one week the lives of six men whose time on Earth has been too short for them to know much beyond fight, carnal longings, and departings of intelligence...it is a very modest inquiry into war, youth, and extinction. It is also remarkable. -- The New York TimesEliot Fremont-Smith
There are surprisingly few "classic" novels of World War II; A Midnight Clear joins the best.-- The Village Voice