The Middle Parts of Fortune

This is the first time that Frederic Manning's masterpiece about World War I has appeared in America. The novel was first published in England in 1929 with no author's name on the title page. The edition was 520 copies, privately printed because the bluntness of language was thought to make the book unfit for public distribution. It is blunt. And it is profound, rich, moving, honest and superbly written. Hemingway said he re-read it every year.