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Joe West is an educated man, a reluctant leader who enjoyed anonymity until he performed a courageous act at Gallipoli. Since arriving in France he has had to come to terms with his fear and hatred of the War, but also a vague, terrible frisson he experiences during battle. Harry is a big man, a loner, and from an impoverished background. He is consumed by guilt arising from the accidental killing of his disabled brother shortly before enlistment. Stan, by contrast, was raised in affluence.
“A Fine Mourning” is Rob Westcott’s second book, but first novel. “Lives Unrealised – Clienthood and the Disability Industry” was published in 2003 towards the end of a thirty year career working with and for people with intellectual disabilities. Whilst always possessed of a strong social conscience and a belief that all people should be valued, Rob has always been fascinated by the phenomenon of armed conflict and its impact on participants. He has a particular interest in the First World War having had seven family members serve with the AIF of whom one did not return. In fact, Rob can lay claim to an impressive military ancestry beginning with Captain Westcott who was killed at the Battle of the Nile whilst serving under Horatio Nelson. More recently are featured Major James McCallum, who commanded the Commissariat of the pre-Federation Victorian armed forces, and his son who was a soldier of the Boer War and had the distinction of serving twice. Rob’s father and an uncle served in Borneo and New Guinea respectively during the Second World War, and another uncle is a Korean War veteran. Rob is somewhat embarrassed to confess his personal experience of the military was limited to instructing his schoolmates in parade ground drill as a Corporal in the Air Training Corps!
"A Fine Mourning" is a powerfully written novel that throws the reader into the trenches of World War I and gives them a sense of what it was like to be an unfortunate soldier in that war. - The main feature of "A Fine Mourning" is the vivid and graphic portrayal of the World War I landscape and the amazing group of Australians who find themselves in such a bleak situation. - War is a futile, terrifying, devastating phenomenon that leaves everyone touched by it wondering about its purpose and what it ultimately achieves. - A great anti-war story and its message will remain with the reader long after they have finished it

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