"When Johnny Comes Marching Home" by William Heffernan
This is the novel for the next Wine Book Club and although it did keep my attention since there is a mystery involved it was rather sentimental and the characters weren't really developed very well. Since it did take place in the time of the American Civil War that was interesting to me as I don't know much about that era. But perhaps I'm spoiled by having read some pretty amazing novels that take place in wartime.
A couple of novels about war that really get it right:
Birdsong is a 1993 novel by English author Sebastian Faulks. Faulks' fourth novel, it tells of a man called Stephen Wraysford at different stages of his life both before and during World War I. Birdsong is part of a trilogy of novels by Sebastian Faulks, together with The Girl at the Lion d'Or and Charlotte Gray; the three novels are linked through location, history and several minor characters.[1]
Three Day Road is the first novel from Canadian writer Joseph Boyden. Joseph’s maternal grandfather, as well as an uncle on his father’s side, served as soldiers during the First World War, and Boyden draws upon a wealth of family narratives. This novel follows the journey of two young Cree men, Xavier and Elijah, who volunteer for that war and become snipers during the conflict.[1]
