DEATH OF HERO
1929
First Published
4.03
Average Rating
376
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First published in 1929, Death of a Hero was described by its author as both a jazz novel and a memorial to a generation. The hero is George Winterbourne. Leaving the Edwardian gloom of his embattled parents behind him, George escapes to Soho, which buzzes, on the eve of war, with talk of politics, pacifism and free love. He paints, he marries, he takes a mistress: the perfect hero of his time, whose destiny—like all those of that lost generation—is the bloody nightmare of the trenches.
Avg Rating
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Author
Richard Aldington
Author · 6 books
Edward Godfree Aldington was an English writer, poet, translator, critic, and biographer. He joined the British Army in 1916 and was wounded in 1918. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard\_...
