If you haven't already, I can't recommend highly enough that you read Inferno by Max Hastings. You'll come away with a much more complete perspective on the astonishing scale of human suffering that WWII wrought on mankind.
I have. Hastings is a giant in WWII history circles.
I gave up on this. Obviously, I'm "missing something," but this piece of crap reads like a 14 year old's attempt at violent porn fanfiction. I've read Kerouac and Ginsburg and the other beats, but this just isn't literature. I actually GET why this was banned.
I utterly detest the sight of James Holland. His mannerisms and accent make my skin crawl. I despise that British thing of pronouncing th as f. "Everyfing we know about Hitler..." I lost all respect for him when he chose to be involved with the Hunting Hitler foolishness. He's not viewed with a shred of respect amongst WWII historians.
Yeah, clearly I've never tried smack
I know he wrote an Arthur trilogy which I haven't read yet. Having said that, Mary Stewart wrote what I thought to be the absolute best trilogy the on King Arthur era I've ever read. The books were published in the 70's and they were riveting. Not sure if you've come across them, but if you like the genre, they are a must read. They are known as 'The Merlin Trilogy" and are titled:
We have different ideas of "get". No problem, but I don't believe anyone should be banning books. Ban it from your own reading list, but leave your hands off of mine.
Point of order: me saying I understand why it was banned is not the same as saying it SHOULD be banned. I just sympathize with those who felt that it did not add anything to the wealth of literature we already have.
I listened to the audiobook, read by Grohl. I thought it was really good.
