{"product_id":"the-good-shepherd-9781684226825","title":"The Good Shepherd","description":"\u003cp\u003e2022 Reprint of the 1955 Edition. \u003cem\u003eThe Good Shepherd\u003c\/em\u003e is a 1955 nautical and war novel by C. S. Forester. First published in the U.S., it illustrates the difficulties of the Battle of the Atlantic: the struggle against the sea, the enemy, and the exhaustion brought on by constant vigilance. It also details the problems of the early radar and ASDIC equipment available and the poor communications between the fleet and Admiralty using HF Radio and early manual cryptography. A film adaptation was released in 2020. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReviews\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A high and glittering excitement...[Forester] has no master and few peers.\" -\u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Nothing more exciting has been launched since Hemingway's \u003cem\u003eThe Old Man and the Sea\u003c\/em\u003e.\" -\u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"C. S. Forester is the best living writer about the sea.\" -\u003cem\u003eTime\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Action, tension, tingling suspense...The greatest adventure story to come out of World War II.\" -\u003cem\u003eLife Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eC. S. Forester was born in Cairo in 1899. After studying medicine, he rose to fame with tales of naval warfare. On the outbreak of World War II, he worked for the British Ministry of Information in America writing propaganda. His most notable works were the twelve Horatio Hornblower books, depicting a Royal Navy officer during the Napoleonic era, and The African Queen. His novels \u003cem\u003eA Ship of the Line\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eFlying Colours\u003c\/em\u003e were jointly awarded the 1938 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction. He died in 1966.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Martino Fine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50525829169426,"sku":"9781684226825","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_da9c259c-90f9-4056-bb54-29d8b672b0f8.jpg?v=1759830977","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-good-shepherd-9781684226825","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}