Patrol (1926) by Philip Macdonald

Book Review by George Simmers: This is a Great War novel set in Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq), where British army units were fighting the Turks, and also local Bedouin tribesmen. A patrol of ten men has been sent in a mission across the desert, but on the first page its officer is shot by a distant … Continue reading →

Reflections in a Golden Eye (1941) by Carson McCullers

Book Review by George Simmers: Reflections in a Golden Eye is set on an isolated American army base, and like a classical tragedy brings together a group of characters in such a way that their juxtaposition brings out the worst in each other, with terrible consequences. The genre is Southern Gothic – as in the … Continue reading →