![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This is genre stuff: ''a novel of suspense.'' We know early on who the killer is, and we are made to wonder only when and how he'll killĪgain, and when and how he'll be caught. Rennie Airth, a former journalist, makes no pretense about the kind of book he is writing. Men tried hard to believe the horror was over, and distant, and no longer around them or among them.īut what if a psychopathic ex-soldier were loosed on pastoral Surrey three years after the armistice? And what if the Scotland Yard inspector on his trail were himself a veteran of the Somme, a hollow survivor just going through the motions of life? ''River The upright bobby - seemed at once comforting and alien. Some 300,000 troops from the British Expeditionaryįorce were killed thousands of them heaved their last breaths from lungs scorched and corroded by poison gas.įor those who made it back to England's green and pleasant land, once-familiar surroundings - the quiet villages and comfortable manor houses, the loyal servants in the kitchen, the rugged gamekeepers walking the forests, the local publican and Knee-deep in mud, they slogged through carnage that came to seem a natural part of the landscape. N the third battle of Ypres, three years into World War I, the slaughter was such that no man in the trenches could truly believe that he might survive,Īnd many of those who lived through it lost their ability to imagine home. A thriller about a British World War I veteran who is also a psychopathic killer. ![]()
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In February 1986, Townshend was one of those present when the Stones gave their London club performance in honor of Ian Stewart, joining the band onstage for some Blues numbers. ![]() Townshend played on Mick Jaggers first solo album in 1984. The following year, on Mick's 40th birthday, Townshend wrote an unflattering letter in the London Times commenting on the significance of this event. In 1982, following the end of the Stones' European tour, Mick Jagger accompanied The Who for parts of their farewell tour. In 1976, Townshend contributed to Ron Wood and Ronnie Lane's Mahoney's Last Stand project. The Who played at The Stones Rock And Roll Circus concert event in 1968. ![]() Townshend claims he stole his legendary windmill arm swing from Keith Richards. Some connections between Townshend and The Stones: ![]() |