Begun in England, this novel was continued in France, Belgium and Holland, while its author—a senior Medical Officer with the R.A.M.C.—took part in the final assault on Hitler’s stronghold. This is what he says :
“I wrote a chapter here and there, wherever I could. Normandy, Dieppe, Amiens, Arras, Lille, Brussels, Holland—all saw their quota added. Finally, in what remained of a tiny German hamlet, the end was fashioned. Circumstances over which I had less than no control have held up the strange adventures of Dessie, Peter and McNab.”
First published: 1947
