Mr. Trumbo sets this story down almost without pause or punctuation and with a fury accounting to eloquence.The New York Times This was no ordinary war. This was a war to make the world safe for democracy. And if democracy was made safe then nothing else matterednot the millions of dead bodies nor the thousands of ruined lives. . . . This is no ordinary novel. This is a novel that never takes the easy way out it is shocking violent terrifying horrible uncompromising brutal remorseless and gruesome . . . but so is war. Praise for Johnny Got His Gun It is very hard to write about Johnny Got His Gun without being guilty of understatement or hysterics. It is a terrifying book of an extraordinary emotional intensity.Washington Post An extraordinarily agitating book passionate in its language potent in its emotional effect a novel that tells in unsparingly honest words what a wickedly gruesome business war is and how wickedly wasteful. Johnny Got His Gun full of horror and hurt will be a terrific and vivid experience for anyone who reads it.Boston Herald It is hard to imagine a more persuasive argument for staying out of war than this smooth savage brilliant tale.Chicago Daily News show more