The End of My Life
$ 10.00
Author: Vance Bourjaily
Publisher: Bantam 1047
Year: 1952 Print: 1 Cover Price: $.35
Condition: Book Grades. Very Good. Light wear
Genre: Fiction/GGA/War/Historical
Pages: 244
80126061E
Book Summary
The story is about a young man named Thomas "Skinner" Galt. He leaves his normal life in Greenwich Village to volunteer as a World War II ambulance driver for the British Army. Skinner thinks he is heading out on a grand, exciting adventure.
Instead, he and his friends get stationed in the Middle East and Italy. They quickly find themselves buried under military boredom, strict rules, and constant fear. The book shows how the horrors of war strip away their youth, freedom, and innocence, leading to a tragic end.
