Is a vivid and classic novel that portrays the experiences of ordinary soldiers fighting World War II. Told from the points of view of a perceptive young nazi, a jaded American film producer, and a shy jewish boy just ma...Is a vivid and classic novel that portrays the experiences of ordinary soldiers fighting World War II. Told from the points of view of a perceptive young nazi, a jaded American film producer, and a shy jewish boy just married to the love of his life, shaw conveys, as no other novelist has since, the scope, confusion, and complexity of war.