The dirty dozen
Original title: The Dirty Dozen
first published 1965 Bantam Books (Mm), 1982 paperback
Knaur, 680 — book 214
The Dirty Dozen is a powerfully prosaic novel about World War II. The title group comprises twelve convicted servicemen --murderers, rapists, armed robbers -- whose sentences are temporarily commutted by the War Office in order that they might partake in Project Amnesty, an unorthodox, unprecedented, and top secret mission, the exact nature of which is not revealed until the end of the book. Until then, we know only...
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