Some Came Running
London, England: Collins, 1959. First British Edition. Hardcover. "The great success of his first book From Here to Eternity established James Jones's reputation as a major novelist and an unrivaled interpreter of the American soldier. For his new novel, massive in scale and closely observed in its detail, the small town of Parkman, Illinois, provides a civilian setting. The theme of Some Came Running is the sad gap between capability..... More
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