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In one Commando show, at Bardia, Sir Walter fell in a ditch more than 62 inches deep. He verbally flayed a stalwart young officer who, mistaking him for Major Evelyn Waugh (Vile Bodies), tried to extricate him in the darkness. In Rommel's sudden thrust at Bir Hacheim in...
LIE DOWN IN DARKNESS-H. R. Hayes -Reynal & Hitchcock ($2.50).
These events, climaxed by satisfactory violence, persuaded the publishers to describe Lie Down in Darkness as "a devastating picture of the 'society' which it mirrors." It is nothing of the sort. It is an orchidaceously morbid psychological thriller, smooth, fast-paced, taut with suspense.
As I gobbled potatoes by the sergeant's jeep, complete darkness and the last shell came together. After that, the only thing bothering the troop commander and his officers was the news from the road. The mediums went up, met the enemy's heavies, had to fall back...
Our troop commander told his officers to pass the word to assemble the troop. The limping lieutenant, the tank commander, and the second in command followed him into the darkness. Only the sergeant was left in the room. "It's tough on them," he said. Soon the troop'...