FIRST EDITION 1941. Battle Dress – Second In The Gun Buster Series By Gun Buster

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Gun Buster was the pseudonymous author of a series of novels about the British exploits in World War II. His works have been attributed to John Charles Austin and his son, Captain Richard Campion Austin (1912–2001), who was a captain in the Royal Artillery. His book Battle Dress consisted of a series of sketches relating to the British army in France and Dunkirk. The reviewer in the Launceston Examiner said: Battle Dress is a worthy successor to Return via Dunkirk not only for factual interest but for human drama and it keeps Gun Buster in his high place among war writers. In her review of Battle Dress, reviewer Eleanor Wood of the Montreal Gazette said that Gun Buster “lets the reader see that battle as it actually happened” and noted that “his real name is not given, but his books bear the unmistakable touch of a good writer.”

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The Sydney Morning Herald reviewer stated: Gun Buster has the rare knack of putting big thoughts into the mouths of ordinary men without losing the common man’s idiom. While there is no attempt at connected narrative, only a collection of short stories, we still have the same grim battlefield realism, the same ironic juxtaposition of tragedy and humour, the same feeling that we are seeing tremendous history through the eyes of the humblest human participant. Several Australian newspapers and magazines reprinted large segments of his book Return Via Dunkirk and Battle Dress in weekly instalments. Condition: very good. Dust jacket impression. Very good clean tight binding in very good clipped dustjacket. Wonderful jacket design as shown. Provided and valued by a member of PBFA. Hardcover. Published by Hodder and Stoughton 1941