{"product_id":"johnny-got-his-gun-9780806528472","title":"Johnny Got His Gun","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe Searing Portrayal Of War That Has Stunned And Galvanized Generations Of Readers\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn immediate bestseller upon its original publication in 1939, Dalton Trumbo's stark, profoundly troubling masterpiece about the horrors of World War I brilliantly crystallized the uncompromising brutality of war and became the most influential protest novel of the Vietnam era. With a compelling new foreword by fellow award-winning writer E. L. Doctorow, \u003ci\u003eJohnny Got His Gun\u003c\/i\u003e is an undisputed classic of antiwar literature that's as timely as ever. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A terrifying book, of an extraordinary emotional intensity.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Powerful. . . an eye-opener.\" --Michael Moore \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Mr. Trumbo sets this story down almost without pause or punctuation and with a fury amounting to eloquence.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A book that can never be forgotten by anyone who reads it.\"--\u003ci\u003eSaturday Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDalton Trumbo \u003c\/b\u003e(December 9, 1905 - September 10, 1976) was among the most prolific and important literary figures of his time. One of the famous Hollywood Ten, he refused to testify about his alleged communist affiliations before the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1947. Blacklisted from the film industry and charged with contempt of Congress, he served an eleven-month prison sentence. \u003ci\u003eJohnny Got His Gun\u003c\/i\u003e, the most highly acclaimed work of Trumbo's extraordinary career, won a National Book award (then known as an American Book Sellers Award) in 1939. The idea for the novel came to Trumbo after he learned of a British soldier who was seriously injured during World War I. In 2015 the acclaimed film \"Trumbo,\" starring Bryan Cranston, spurred renewed interest in the author's life and works. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eE. L. Doctorow's\u003c\/b\u003e works of fiction include \u003ci\u003eHomer \u0026amp; Langley\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe March\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBilly Bathgate\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRagtime\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Daniel\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCity of God\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWelcome to Hard Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLoon Lake\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWorld's Fair\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Waterworks\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAll the Time in the World\u003c\/i\u003e. Among his honors are the National Book Award, three National Book Critics Circle Awards, two PEN Faulkner Awards, the Edith Wharton Citation for Fiction and the presidentially-conferred National Humanities Medal. In 2009 he was short listed for the Man Booker International Prize honoring a writer's lifetime achievement in fiction, and in 2012 he won the PEN Saul Bellow Award given to an author whose \"scale of achievement over a sustained career places him in the highest rank of American Literature.\" In 2013 the American Academy of Arts and Letters awarded him the Gold Medal for Fiction.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Citadel Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50600226586898,"sku":"9780806528472","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_dfddac7d-bf4d-4e4e-a935-c29f054e5e4f.jpg?v=1732210910","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/johnny-got-his-gun-9780806528472","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}