Salt Lake Telegram | 1930-07-06 | Page 11 | Gibbs, Unknown Author Add to War Book List

Gibbs I A Author thor Add to to- W War r Book List There is still another war book on this weeks week's w eks list list Var Var War Is War by an anonymous author who styles styles' himself Private Ex X This anthor au author author au- au thor is an an E Englishman and the jacket blurbs blurb Intimate that this work is on on a a level with famous All AU Quiet and while it I isn't Int that it is nevertheless worth I o four our r while The difference bet between een these two books books now now t the comparison compain has been mentioned mentioned-is ls d-ls is one of mood mod book bool got out its tremendous tremendous' effect t ct chiefly from the fact act that its Is author had lost the power power even even to be b indignant Indignant He wrote his stor story un unemotionally H He had had lost his capacity for suffering The war had hammered e his spirit pIrl completely flat Private Ex X is not like hike that He is still indignant indignant over the things that war do does doca to tomen tomen tomen men the tho way it I makes maes them suffer the wasteful fiendish way way It tramples tram tram- ples on their lives lve and forces them Pes into th the ab abyss s In its Us way It i is a highly effective protest This hIs book bok is published by E E. E P. P Dutton Duton Co Inc Chances ChancO Y y A. A A Hamilton Hamiton Gibbs Is also aJo a war novel but the war waris waris is h. more a a. back background in this case caB and more attention is paid pai to the elo de development ment of the story As a a a. re result result re- re sult suIt the book bok is perhaps the most reB readable of f the lot Mr GIbbs studies two brothers brother each ech of or whom lo loves lothe the same girl The youn younger er brother with wih his lila ca carCer career ca- ca carcer ca- ca reer yet et to establish will wU not tell teU the girl he loves lo her so while he heIs heis heis is the theone one one she loves lo she she being being somewhat flighty h becomes comes engaged engage to to- to tho the qt other er in a fit tit of pique Th Then n comes he the the war Tho The brothers broth broth- ers era go overseas o in Inthe the same sac brigade After two two- years of ot fighting they abruptly discover the true state of ot affairs Then the guns of the western west west- wet wet- gns em ern r front hammer down their thelt pl plans pans ns and the tale tae becomes a poignant t tragedy tragedy relieved relieved at A the end by a n moving and convincing upswing that is 11 very ery deftly handled Practically all Al' Al Alof of these writing Gibbs p people ople can write welL This Thi Thia a author thor is is 11 decidedly no no exception Little B Brown Brown own Co Co I