Turvey

Author/Contributor(s):	Birney, Earle; Purdy, Al
Publisher:	New Canadian Library
Date:	8/12/2008
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

Private Thomas Leadbeater Turvey is nobody’s idea of a capable recruit. Shifted from regimental pillar to post, Turvey tries and fails at every odd job in the army with a remarkable genius for mishap.

A casualty before he has a chance to see action, Turvey watches the maimed and dying return from the front; thus Earle Birney’s comic masterpiece becomes an unforgettable indictment of war.

Turvey won the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour in 1949.