The Frontier Garrison edition by P Howard Jenõ Rejtõ Balint Kacsoh Literature Fiction eBooks
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“The Frontier Garrison” is the first English translation of “Az előretolt helyőrség” by the Hungarian novelist Jenő Rejtő (1905-1943), originally published in 1939 under the pen name of “P. Howard.” The translator, Balint Kacsoh (a university professor) also annotated the edition. The preface provides biographical data of Jeno Rejto in historical and literary context. The genre is fiction; elements of action, adventure, mystery, and comedy are mixed in the story. It is suitable for young readers and adults.
Action and adventure are mixed with a healthy dose of offbeat humor in this P. Howard classic, set in the second half of the 1930s. Harrincourt is dishonorably discharged from the French Naval Academy for a prank. He realizes that his carefree behavior put the livelihood of his widowed mother and teenage sister in jeopardy. To secure their financial future, he pays the premium on his life insurance policy and joins the French Foreign Legion destined to Africa, where his death “in the course of professional duty” would be all but guaranteed. While in basic training in Oran, he unwittingly becomes mixed up in murder and espionage and encounters the ghost of a murdered woman who has a penchant for singing. In short order, his unit is dispatched to a frontier garrison established to support French colonial expansion into equatorial Africa. Rival foreign powers, however, attempt to thwart the French plans and Harrincourt finds himself in the crossfire of international intrigue and falls in love with the beautiful woman whose haunting ghost follows the legionnaires as they march through the deadly Sahara. It is up to Harrincourt to save the day and uncover the secret of a mysterious watch, even if it might mean foregoing the death benefit his insurance policy would pay to his family.
The Frontier Garrison edition by P Howard Jenõ Rejtõ Balint Kacsoh Literature Fiction eBooks
Jeno Rejto, or P. Howard, is the best kept secret of the literary world for those of us not lucky enough to be Hungarian. A million thanks to the person who translated this work! My Hungarian husband shared Rejto with me, and I found a couple of English translations (The Blonde Hurricane and Quarantine at the Grand Hotel) in a bookstore in Budapest when we visited the family one summer. I love his dark, hilarious, painful, sweet, adventurous style and have long wished I could find other works of his translated. I also appreciate the information at the beginning of this book. Until now, it has been hard to find information about Rejto if you can't read Hungarian. If you're an American who likes Mark Twain, P. G. Wodehouse, David Sedaris, or Anton Chekov, Rejto will quickly become one of your favorite authors. He's clever, sardonic, light-hearted, and heart-breaking.Product details
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Jeno Rejto, or P. Howard, is the best kept secret of the literary world for those of us not lucky enough to be Hungarian. A million thanks to the person who translated this work! My Hungarian husband shared Rejto with me, and I found a couple of English translations (The Blonde Hurricane and Quarantine at the Grand Hotel) in a bookstore in Budapest when we visited the family one summer. I love his dark, hilarious, painful, sweet, adventurous style and have long wished I could find other works of his translated. I also appreciate the information at the beginning of this book. Until now, it has been hard to find information about Rejto if you can't read Hungarian. If you're an American who likes Mark Twain, P. G. Wodehouse, David Sedaris, or Anton Chekov, Rejto will quickly become one of your favorite authors. He's clever, sardonic, light-hearted, and heart-breaking.
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