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This Is the Schoolroom (Paperback)

by Nicholas Monsarrat (Author)

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Paperback: 462 pages
Publisher: House of Stratus; New Ed edition (18 Sep 2000)
Language English
ISBN-10: 1842321587
ISBN-13: 978-1842321584
Product Dimensions: 20.7 x 14.1 x 3 cm

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The turbulent Thirties, and all across Europe cry the discordant voices of hunger and death, most notably in Spain, where a civil war threatens to destroy the country. Aspiring writer, Marcus Hendrycks, has toyed with life for twenty-one years. His illusions, developed within a safe, cloistered existence in Cambridge, are shattered forever when he joins the fight against the fascists and is exposed to a harsh reality. As the war takes hold, he discovers that life itself is the real schoolroom

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Nicholas Monsarrat was born in Liverpool and educated at Cambridge University, where he studied law. His career as a solicitor encountered a swift end when he decided to leave Liverpool for London, with a half-finished manuscript under his arm and #40 in his pocket. With the publication of his classic, The Cruel Sea, he became one of the most successful novelists of the twentieth century, whose rich and varied collection bears the hallmark of a truly gifted writer.

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Nicholas Monsarrat's First Quality Novel, 1 May 2008

By	Richard Cunningham (United States) - See all my reviews

This predates his very good WWII writing "Three Corvettes." I could write that this is a British version of "For Whom the Bell Tolls" with a happier ending. Published in September/October 1939(overshadowed by the start of War) it came out almost a year before Ernest Hemingway's Spanish Civil War novel was published in July 1940.
Partly autobiographical, Monsarrat graduated with a degree in law from Trinity College Cambridge and worked in a Nottingham solicitor's office for two years before moving to London to become a freelance writer. Some of his 1930's terminology and slang may be unfamiliar, particularly with non-UK readers but wikipedia and google are useful resources which may be helpful. His description of the Cotswolds is beautiful, and there are some rather clever phrases like: "And though of course one must guard against too high a degree of specialization-you remember the definition of a specialist? 'A man who learns more and more about less and less, until finally he knows everything about nothing.'"
I admire his low-key but perceptive realism, avoiding melodrama. Courage & Reason, not Fear & Rage.

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