{"product_id":"9780141393247-the-thin-red-line","title":"The Thin Red Line","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn Guadalcanal in the south Pacific, the soldiers of C Company are about to enter the war. The men know they face their baptism of fire. But none know if they will be one of 'the lucky ones' to make it safely off the island.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Moves so intensely and inexorably that it almost seems like the war it is describing'  \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Is it really worth it to die, to be dead, just to prove to everybody that you're not a coward?'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn Guadalcanal in the south Pacific, the soldiers of C Company are about to enter the war. The men know they face their baptism of fire. But none know if they will be one of 'the lucky ones' to make it safely off the island. From Captain Stein, who feels like a father to his troops, and 'Mad' Sergeant Welsh, condemning all nations while swigging gin from his canteen, to Private Bell, who just wants to get home to his wife, they will discover the line that divides sanity from madness, and life from death.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA scathing critique of heroism, \u003ci\u003eThe Thin Red Line\u003c\/i\u003e is among the greatest masterpieces of war writing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The men are real, the words are real, death is real, imminent and immediate'  \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40942992130145,"sku":"9780141393247","price":9.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_32225865.jpg?v=1737103158","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780141393247-the-thin-red-line","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}