The Young Lions is a superbly plotted novel by Irwin Shaw about three solders in World War II. Christian Diestl is a cultured German; Noah Ackerman is an American Jew; Michael Whitacre is a clumsy ,idealistic, American playwright. This is not so much a “war is hell” story as a story about the hell men carry with them to war. War defines and intensifies each one’s essential nature.
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Superb Novel of the Hell Inside Soldiers
Posted in 1948 Bestselling Novels, Historical, My Top Pics, Psychological novel, tagged D-Day, World War 11 on May 28, 2008 | Comments Off
