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A Gentle Occupation (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781448206841)
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xOriginally published in 1980, this is Dirk Bogarde's first novel.
In the uneasy aftermath of WWII, a group of ordinary British soldiers and their families find themselves stationed as peacekeepers at an outpost in the Java Sea. Whilst attempting to return the island to Dutch control, they are subject to violent attacks by the locals who want their freedom. As the Empire crumbles, the island is plunged into chaos and violence amidst a nationalist uprising. Selfishness, sex, greed, fear and revenge, all play their part; though so too do the finer instincts of love, loyalty and concern. At times gloriously funny, never sitting in judgement, Dirk Bogarde portrays mankind's fallible, complex humanity as the thin skin of conventional behaviour, tautened in the corrosive atmosphere of Southeast Asia, gradually begins to split.Author: Dirk Bogarde
ISBN-10: 1448206847
ISBN-13: 9781448206841
Publisher: Bloomsbury Reader
Language: English
Published: 04/25/2013
Pages: 470
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.58lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.05d
By Dirk Bogarde
xSir Dirk Bogarde was an English actor and novelist. Initially a matinee idol, Bogarde later acted in art-house films such as Death In Venice. As well as completing six novels, Bogarde wrote several volumes of autobiography.
Between 1947 and 1991, Bogarde made more than sixty films. For over two decades he lived in Italy and France, where he began to write seriously. In 1985 he was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters by the University of St Andrews and in 1990 was promoted to Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government.Sir Dirk Bogarde has a legion of fans to this day - an extraordinary commitment to an extraordinary man.
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