Castle Keep (American Literature)
by William Eastlake
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Author: William EastlakeEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2000-01
ISBN: 1564782085
Number of pages: 382
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
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Book Review: Witty, funny, and bizare
Summary: 4 Stars
The Gothic, and mediaeval meet up with 20th century warfare. This unique and bizarre W.W.II novel is told in first person by each of the obscure characters as they move between chapters: from a group of fun loving, lost in their own little world U.S. Army Privates, Sergeants, and Lieutenants, to the stubborn, quirky Major and his Captains who are set out to defend a castle, that happens to be caught at the crossroads of the German counterattack in the Ardennes. And it wouldn't be a castle without a duke; he and his wife help to tell this surreal story.
Witty, funny, intellectual----borders on the ridiculous----is there really a war going on.
Wish you well
Scott
Summary of Castle Keep (American Literature)
A detachment of American soldiers is assigned to an ancient castle in the Ardennes in Belgium on the pretense of protecting it against the Germans. They indulge in their respective hobbies, virtually sitting out the war until a counter-offensive in the winter of 1944 on the eve of the Battle of the Bulge. Each chapter is told from the perspective of a different character. It is a novel as modern and blunt as pop art and as intricately wrought as the medieval tapestries that grace the castle itself. The novel is the basis for the 1969 Sydney Pollack film, starring Burt Lancaster, Peter Falk and Bruce Dern.Men's Adventure Books
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