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Leslie Thomas's classic autobiography, with a new introduction, reissued to coincide with his 75th year

About the Author

Born in Newport, Monmouthshire, 1931, Leslie Thomas is the son of a sailor who was lost of sea in 1943. His boyhood in an orphanage is evoked in This Time Next Week published in 1964. At sixteen, he became a reporter, before going on to do his national service. He won worldwide acclaim with his bestselling novel The Virgin Soldiers. In 2005, Leslie Thomas received an OBE for services to literature.

Reviews

'Scenes rivalling the best of D. H. Lawrence'
*Daily Telegraph*

'Truly exciting'
*Daily Mail*

'Splendidly conveys...compassion, excitement, entertainment'
*Evening Standard*

Vividly readable... Leslie Thomas is one of nature's life enchancers
*Sunday Express*

A fine storyteller
*Sunday Telegraph*