Dead and Alive (Innes novel)

Dead and Alive is the first post-war novel of Hammond Innes. It is based on his own experience as an army major in Italy.Books and Bookmen - Volumes 1-2 1955 "Before leaving Italy, Innes, now a major, completed his first post-war novel Dead and Alive, based on his experience of rackets he had investigated in Rome and Naples." Jack Adrian relates that "the manuscript...emerged with him when he was demobbed, just after completing an arduous skiing course in the Italian Dolomites.Obituary: Hammond Innes - Arts & Entertainment - The Independent

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