The Military Orchid and Other Novels
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The Military Orchid and Other Novels by Jocelyn Brooke
These three funny, strange and moving autobiographical novels: THE MILITARY ORCHID; A MINE OF SERPENTS and THE GOOSE CATHEDRAL, collectively called The Orchid Trilogy are among the great 'hidden masterpieces' of English fiction. Obsessed by his strange twin passions for orchids and for fireworks, the narrator conjures up a dazzling portrait-both rhapsodic and fantastical-of England at war and peace in the 20th century. It is one of those handful of books that haunt the rest of the lives of those who read it.
Writer, poet and amateur botanist Jocelyn Brooke was born in Kent in 1908. During World War II he enlisted in the Royal Army Medical Corps, re-enlisting after the war. He bought himself out of the army following the critical success of The Military Orchid (1948).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780141187136 |
| ISBN 10 | 0141187131 |
| Title | The Military Orchid and Other Novels |
| Author | Jocelyn Brooke |
| Series | Penguin Modern Classics |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2002-08-29 |
| Number of pages | 464 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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