Bibliograph

Operation heartbreak, a story

Type

Label

Operation heartbreak, a story

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Operation heartbreak

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Sub title

a story

Summary

First published in 1950, Operation Heartbreak tells the fictional story of Wilie Marygton, a career soldier who was too young for WWI and too old for WWII. Born into a military family, Willie's one goal in life is to take part in a battle, so he is exhilarated when he receives his commission, and is scheduled to leave for the Western Front on November 9, 1918. However, news of the Armistice changes his orders, and he instead spends the next 20 years in various posts in India and Africa, where his main occupation seems to be big game hunting and polo. With the rise of fascism, he is ready to resign his commission to fight in Spain, but is persuaded otherwise and spends WWII training recruits, lamenting his military status. But in an ironic twist of fate, he does end up playing an important part in the war effort...

Target audience

adult

resource.variantTitle

Man who never was

Classification

Contributor