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The Cruel Sea Novel about a group of UK men serving on an escort ship in the Atlantic during WWII. Outstanding book. It’s split about 60/40 between sea related narrative and the lives of the men as men. The horrors of war are presented unflinchingly, but faced with that famous Anglo Saxon stiff upper lip. The pride of service, the sense of duty, and the onboard camaraderie counterbalance the misery of fighting the elements and the enemy. The stories of the men’s lives on shore were particularly good and surprisingly honest given the book’s age. One character falls in love, fathers a child out of wedlock, receives a letter while abroad that the mother intends to abort it, and replies that she should keep it. A few days later he learns that she’d been killed before he even got her letter. Touching stuff and written with deep empathy. I’m surprised this book isn’t talked about more. Recommended generally. Strongly recommended for fans of war stories.
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