Prayer for the Living
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| Author | Bruce Marshall |
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| Country | Scotland |
| Language | English |
Publication date | 1934 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Preceded by | Father Malachy's Miracle (1931) |
| Followed by | (1935) |
Prayer for the Living is a 1934 novel by Scottish writer Bruce Marshall.
Plot summary[]
A witty, engrossing, unique novel about the life of masters and boys in a Scottish prep school. One way of describing this novel is to say that it is a story of life in a prep school in Scotland during World War I: and that, so far as the bare facts go, is an accurate description. But it is no way at all of conveying to the reader the devilish wit and cutting satire with which Mr. Marshall heightens and brightens the scene, or the pathos surrounding schoolboys who will overnight be turned into soldiers, or the moving idyl of love between the headmaster's daughter and a young student about to leave for the Front.[1][2]
References[]
- ^ Marshal, B: Prayer for the Living Alfred A Knopf 1934.
- ^ "Britannica". Time magazine. August 20, 1934. Archived from the original on November 25, 2010. Retrieved May 8, 2009. Prayer for the Living book review
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