A Cackhanded War

by Edward Blishen

230 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 1972

Reviews

[Pollymoore3 · Rating 4 out of 5]

More gentle deprecating yet laugh-out-loud humour from Blishen. He has a genius for bringing out the ridiculous yet poignant aspects of any human situation, in this case working on the land as a conscientious objector during the Second World War. "Cack-handed" means literally left-handed, but in this case probably means clumsy and awkward.

[Asha Stark · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's a shame this is so unknown as to not even have a blurb or cover here. I loved it, and Blishen's humour.

[Janet Bird · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'd love to read all his stuff again. Just my cup of tea.