Peal Of Ordnance
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Haunted by the adrenaline of conflict and the destructive power of his own training, Sergeant Tamplin returns to a peacetime existence he is no longer equipped to navigate. A skilled Royal Engineers explosives expert, Tamplin’s transition from the battlefields of North Africa and Italy to the quietude of Cornwall is violently interrupted by an amnesiac episode. In a fugue state, he travels to London, where he begins to apply his wartime expertise to a series of manic, unauthorized demolitions, targeting the city's most prominent monuments in a chilling reclamation of his former destructive purpose.Peal of Ordnance is a biting, satirical exploration of the post-traumatic psychological landscape long before such conditions were widely recognized. John Lodwick masterfully blends the suspense of the amnesiac thriller with a cynical, sardonic wit, creating an anti-hero who is as deeply disturbing as he is compelling. The novel serves as a brilliant, albeit bleak, commentary on the difficulty of reintegrating those whose identities were forged in the fires of war, cementing its place as a significant, if often overlooked, artifact of mid-century British literature.
Peal Of Ordnance
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Jacket protected by mylar sleeve.
Haunted by the adrenaline of conflict and the destructive power of his own training, Sergeant Tamplin returns to a peacetime existence he is no longer equipped to navigate. A skilled Royal Engineers explosives expert, Tamplin’s transition from the battlefields of North Africa and Italy to the quietude of Cornwall is violently interrupted by an amnesiac episode. In a fugue state, he travels to London, where he begins to apply his wartime expertise to a series of manic, unauthorized demolitions, targeting the city's most prominent monuments in a chilling reclamation of his former destructive purpose.Peal of Ordnance is a biting, satirical exploration of the post-traumatic psychological landscape long before such conditions were widely recognized. John Lodwick masterfully blends the suspense of the amnesiac thriller with a cynical, sardonic wit, creating an anti-hero who is as deeply disturbing as he is compelling. The novel serves as a brilliant, albeit bleak, commentary on the difficulty of reintegrating those whose identities were forged in the fires of war, cementing its place as a significant, if often overlooked, artifact of mid-century British literature.
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Jacket protected by mylar sleeve.
Haunted by the adrenaline of conflict and the destructive power of his own training, Sergeant Tamplin returns to a peacetime existence he is no longer equipped to navigate. A skilled Royal Engineers explosives expert, Tamplin’s transition from the battlefields of North Africa and Italy to the quietude of Cornwall is violently interrupted by an amnesiac episode. In a fugue state, he travels to London, where he begins to apply his wartime expertise to a series of manic, unauthorized demolitions, targeting the city's most prominent monuments in a chilling reclamation of his former destructive purpose.Peal of Ordnance is a biting, satirical exploration of the post-traumatic psychological landscape long before such conditions were widely recognized. John Lodwick masterfully blends the suspense of the amnesiac thriller with a cynical, sardonic wit, creating an anti-hero who is as deeply disturbing as he is compelling. The novel serves as a brilliant, albeit bleak, commentary on the difficulty of reintegrating those whose identities were forged in the fires of war, cementing its place as a significant, if often overlooked, artifact of mid-century British literature.
