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Another great Simon Seraillier thriller.
Despite his ongoing problems after his accident, he manages to solve the crime eventually. His family continue to play an important role. A worthwhile
relaxing read.

I am finding this book very interesting, but very technical. It needs quite a lot of concentration

I am abandoning this book. The writing is so stilted/childish I can`t cope!!
It looked really promising."never judge a book by its cover" is perhaps worth adhering to.

rereading this for a study group, interesting to hear other people`s ideas.

First read this when I was 15ish and loved it. This time I am finding it rather slow and long, still loving it though.

Now on the last section/book. Much of this is told by the voice of mark Tietjen`s wife/woman. It is interesting because she clearly doesn`t understand the English. She is a French peasant and has delusions of greatness. The whole thing has turned out to be an exceptionally good read.

Have just finished part 2, which I believe was originally a separate book No More Parades. This section deals exclusively with life at the front and a visit from Tietjen`s impossible wife, (more or less ex.) I am now well into the language and am finding it much easier to read and often very amusing. It is a very in depth comment on social and political thinking of the time, a very strong indictment of the Great war

Have just finished part one, which I believe was originally the first book of four. It has been slow and sometimes a struggle to overcome the verbiage.
However FMF really does get into the minds of his characters and they are very believable.

This has now come up for my other reading group. this time I intend to finish it..however wearisome it turns out to be!!

I am struggling with this, whilst very interesting, it is now outdated and thinking has changed.