The Shrapnel Academy

By Fay Weldon

Book Overview

Shrapnel Akademiet er et fornemt milit rakademi opkaldt efter Henry Shrapnel, et milit rt geni, som opfandt den eksplosive kanonkugle i 1804. P? denne fine institution samles en m rk vinteraften en... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140097465
• ISBN13: 9780140097467
• Release Date: April 1988
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.8" x 0.3" x 5.0"

Customer Reviews

Very funny - Defines term Mordant Wit

This book was a delightful examination of attitudes to war over history and misunderstandings among cultures - within the typical English country house motif. In this case the country house is a military academy. The characters are the usual ill-assorted group. The book also examines the issue of the exploitation by Western developed countries of refugees from underdeveloped countries as domestic staff. While I was reading it I went to a reception where, naturally, all the wait staff was minority and immigrant. Weldon's insights caused me to re-examine that experience and implied relationships. The book is also an exemplar of the world-power-in-decline writing that is typically English. Given our frittering away of world political leadership and credibility and the constant slide of the dollar against the Euro, perhaps we should read these books for clues to the future or a bad example.