by Ben Elton · Black Swan · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780552773362
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«The First Casualty» is Ben Elton's historical mystery novel, published by Black Swan in paperback (448 pages, in English).
In Flanders, June 1917, a British officer and celebrated poet is found dead after post-traumatic shock. A young soldier is accused; Douglas Konig, former detective and conscientious objector, must secure his conviction. At the Third Battle of Ypres, evidence and witnesses disappear and the line between legal and illegal killing blurs.
It is Ben Elton's tenth novel; this Black Swan edition was published in 2006.
For readers of historical and mystery fiction, especially those interested in the First World War and moral dilemmas about justice.
Benjamin Charles Elton is a British comedian and writer. He has written and produced for television, radio, films, novels, theatre and musicals, and has performed as a stand-up comedian and on screen. One of the major figures in the alternative comedy movement of the 1980s, he used a style of left-wing political satire in his early stand-up comedy.
