Dead and Alive (Innes novel)

Dead and Alive is the first post-war novel of Hammond Innes. It is based on his own experience as an army major in Italy.[1] Jack Adrian relates that "the manuscript...emerged with him when he was demobbed, just after completing an arduous skiing course in the Italian Dolomites.[2]

First edition (publ. Collins)

References
  1. Books and Bookmen - Volumes 1-2 1955 "Before leaving Italy, Innes, now a major, completed his first post-war novel Dead and Alive, based on his experience of rackets he had investigated in Rome and Naples."
  2. Obituary: Hammond Innes - Arts & Entertainment - The Independent


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