{"product_id":"soldiers","title":"Soldiers","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2019 Michael Gifkins Prize for an Unpublished Novel, \u003ci\u003eSoldiers\u003c\/i\u003e is a raw and empathetic portrait of young soldiers as they come of age in the chaos of war.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBreen sometimes thought sourly that Tiger Jackson would have made a good fascist. He told unreliable stories, he liked power and admiration, and he had all three military virtues: self-belief, luck, and an eye for the main chance. Despite all this, Breen liked him. Somehow it was impossible not to.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter the death of Corporal Daniel Cousins in what is apparently a training accident, a young officer, Lieutenant Breen, becomes obsessed by the case. Was Cousins murdered by one of his own?\u003cbr\u003eBreen's investigation, as well as his unanticipated love affair with a superior officer, threatens the unity of his comrades as they wait for the suffering to come in the Battle of Crete-one of the defining encounters of World War II.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSoldiers\u003c\/i\u003e is about what happens to men who go to war. Tom Remiger's compelling first novel tells a story of intense feeling and unforeseen experience in a strange and distant world.","brand":"Tom Remiger","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43516741648445,"sku":null,"price":28.49,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/7689\/2989\/files\/9781922268686.jpg?v=1787571057","url":"https:\/\/www.palmleaf.com.au\/products\/soldiers","provider":"Palmleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}