Boswell's Fairies - Couverture souple

Lingard, Peter

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0648102009 ISBN 13 : 9780648102007

Editeur : Plingus Publishing, 2020

Synopsis

In the early sixties bored bank clerk Paul Johnson joins the elite Corps of Royal Marines where he and Jack Mason, once a professional wrestler, become friends. They and other recruits form H Squad, a unit impressed by and proud of their drill instructor, Sergeant Francis Boswell. The self-proclaimed 'finest Sergeant this man's outfit has ever produced' gives his squad the collective name of 'Boswell's Fairies', which, he commands, they must declare to the world. Nobody foresees the consequences.

Boswell's Fairies is the story of a ten-month period of basic training. It isn't exactly the story of Paul's romance with a girl named Mary, or Paul's shattered illusions about Boswell, any more than it is about his efforts to impress his father. The book is about Paul's largely successful effort to experience two things concurrently; freedom (from banking, his class and his family) and the lack of it (the discipline is much stricter than that he previously encountered). He has devotion to a strong mentor while later having to admit his hero is not wholly admirable; he has plenty of female company while living in an all-male environment, and finds considerable fun and entertainment while facing physical hardship and learning a very serious business.

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When a youngster, Peter Lingard told his mother many fantastic tales of intrepid adventures enjoyed by him and his friends. She always said, ‘Go tell it to the Marines’. When he asked why, she said, ‘They’ve been everywhere and done everything, so they’ll want to hear about what you’ve been up to’. Of course, Peter joined the Royal Marines as soon as he was old enough and now has a seemingly inexhaustible supply of tales to tell. Peter sold ice-cream on railway stations, worked as a bank clerk, delivered milk, and laboured in a large dairy. He also worked as an accountant, a farm worker, and served in Her Britannic Majesty’s Corps of Royal Marines. Peter then left the UK for the US, where he lived for twenty-five years and owned a freight forwarding business in New York. He moved to the southern hemisphere because Australians speak English and he is now a proud Australian. Unfortunately, he experiences difficulty in deciding which team to barrack for during The Ashes test matches. Over a hundred of his short stories and several of his poems (doggerel) are published. Additionally, many of his short tales have been aired on Radio NAG, Queensland and 4RPH, Brisbane. Professional actors have performed some of his poetry and he has appeared as a guest on Southern FM’s program ‘Write Now’ to read and discuss his work He read and chatted about some of his poetry on 3CR’s ‘Spoken Word’, and had a monthly spot on 3WBC (94.1FM) to read his words. You can reach Peter at plingaus@bigpond.com

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Plingus Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0648102009
• ISBN 13: 9780648102007
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 318
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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