【图书简介】 From Ben Elton， author of the hugely successful Past Mortem， a gut-wrenching historical drama which forces us to handle the truth.Flanders， June 1917： a British officer and celebrated poet is shot dead， killed not by German fire， but while he was recuperating from shell shock well behind the lines. A young English soldier is arrested and， although he protests his innocence， is charged with his murder.Douglas Konig is a conscientious objector， previously a detective with the London police， now imprisoned for his beliefs. He is released and sent to France in order to secure a conviction in the case. Forced to conduct his investigations amid the hell of the third Battle of Ypres， Konig soon discovers that both the evidence and the witnesses he needs are quite literally disappearing into the mud that surrounds him.Ben Elton’s tenth novel is a gut-wrenching historical drama that explores some fundamental questions. What is murder？ What is justice in the face of unimaginable daily slaughter？ And where is the honour in saving a man from the gallows if he is only to be returned to die in a suicidal battle？As the gap between legally sanctioned and illegal murder becomes ever more blurred， Konig quickly learns that the first casualty of war is Truth.作者简介：Ben Elton's career as both performer and writer encompasses some of the most memorable and incisive comedy of the past twenty years. His work as a stand-up comedian hosting such ground-breaking television series as Saturday Live and The Man from Auntie has been hugely influential， as have his hit television sitcoms The Young Ones， Blackadder， The Thin Blue Line and his brand new BBC1 series Blessed.Elton has written three hit West End musicals， including the global phenomenon We Will Rock You， which he also directs， and three West End plays， including the multi-award-winning Popcorn. His internationally bestselling novels include Stark， Inconceivable，Dead Famous， High Society and Past Mortem.-读书网|DuShu.com
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