The Heroic

 

Terry here answering our weekly question: This week the question seems particularly fitting when war is once again consuming much of the world:
Whom do you consider the greatest hero you’ve read, and why? 
 I was probably intended to write about heroes in mystery novels, but nothing in my reading experience compares to reading about real-life heroes. Siegfried Sassoon and Pat Barker have equal place in my consideration of “the greatest hero I’ve read.”
 I was introduced to Siegfried Sassoon in ...