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These stories are like opening a time capsule to the 1960s as seen from the point of view of men who were aleaady adults when World War II started. It's grim but thoughtful. It speaks of generation that depends on a dogged determination not to lose what we have rather on hopes for a brighter future.

These stories are like opening a time capsule to the 1960s as seen from the point of view of men who were aleaady adults when World War II started. It's grim but thoughtful. It speaks of generation that depends on a dogged determination not to lose what we have rather on hopes for a brighter future.

The third story was longer, more complex and harder edged. The prose is sparse but very effective. It re-inforces the air chillingly efficient violence that our two main characters bring to bear on every problem,

The first two stories are grim, made grimmer by the civilised, cultured matter-of-fact tone of the two retired men as they kill for their country.