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Jackson's Peace
The last days of the war are approaching, and the first days of peace.
But Johnnie and his mates don’t care about the battlefront nor what the politicians are doing.
Arch-scrounger, black marketeer, lady’s man and general no-good, Private Jackson is sublimely indifferent to it all, so long as he doesn’t have to fight, get shot or bombed, and so long as he can carry on his usual shady activities.
So when Private Johnnie Jackson gets himself classified a bona fide nut case, he reckons he’s got it made until the war is over.
But no matter where he is, he’s still a con man and all-round ladies’ man…
Gear up for another exhilarating tale of exploits involving your favourite irrepressible Private — it’s a non-stop adventure!
Praise for Ray Rigby
‘A tough tale of army life … no moment goes by without a telling detail, a tiny item of revealing information about a character or a situation’ The Guardian
‘Ray Rigby paints a savage picture of the brutality of prison life, employing to best effect the writing skills which made his previous novel The Hill a bestseller’ Sheffield Star
English author Ray Rigby was no stranger to troublemaking in the military. A private with the British Eighth Army in North Africa during WWII, he landed himself in hot water on multiple occasions, with his experiences informing his writing career after the war. He worked for MGM, Warner Brothers, and 20th Century Fox, among others, as a screenwriter in the 1950s and ’60s. He wrote a number of novels, including Jackson’s Peace and the award-winning The Hill .
But Johnnie and his mates don’t care about the battlefront nor what the politicians are doing.
Arch-scrounger, black marketeer, lady’s man and general no-good, Private Jackson is sublimely indifferent to it all, so long as he doesn’t have to fight, get shot or bombed, and so long as he can carry on his usual shady activities.
So when Private Johnnie Jackson gets himself classified a bona fide nut case, he reckons he’s got it made until the war is over.
But no matter where he is, he’s still a con man and all-round ladies’ man…
Gear up for another exhilarating tale of exploits involving your favourite irrepressible Private — it’s a non-stop adventure!
Praise for Ray Rigby
‘A tough tale of army life … no moment goes by without a telling detail, a tiny item of revealing information about a character or a situation’ The Guardian
‘Ray Rigby paints a savage picture of the brutality of prison life, employing to best effect the writing skills which made his previous novel The Hill a bestseller’ Sheffield Star
English author Ray Rigby was no stranger to troublemaking in the military. A private with the British Eighth Army in North Africa during WWII, he landed himself in hot water on multiple occasions, with his experiences informing his writing career after the war. He worked for MGM, Warner Brothers, and 20th Century Fox, among others, as a screenwriter in the 1950s and ’60s. He wrote a number of novels, including Jackson’s Peace and the award-winning The Hill .
267 pages, Paperback
Published April 15, 1976
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