{"product_id":"2026770001800-secondhand-peal-of-ordnance","title":"Peal Of Ordnance","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good                          \u003cbr\u003eJacket: Wear and tear\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good                  \u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Previous owner\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Jacket protected by mylar sleeve. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaunted by the adrenaline of conflict and the destructive power of his own training, Sergeant Tamplin returns to a peacetime existence he is no longer equipped to navigate. A skilled Royal Engineers explosives expert, Tamplin’s transition from the battlefields of North Africa and Italy to the quietude of Cornwall is violently interrupted by an amnesiac episode. In a fugue state, he travels to London, where he begins to apply his wartime expertise to a series of manic, unauthorized demolitions, targeting the city's most prominent monuments in a chilling reclamation of his former destructive purpose.Peal of Ordnance is a biting, satirical exploration of the post-traumatic psychological landscape long before such conditions were widely recognized. John Lodwick masterfully blends the suspense of the amnesiac thriller with a cynical, sardonic wit, creating an anti-hero who is as deeply disturbing as he is compelling. The novel serves as a brilliant, albeit bleak, commentary on the difficulty of reintegrating those whose identities were forged in the fires of war, cementing its place as a significant, if often overlooked, artifact of mid-century British literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48887873831131,"sku":"2026770001800-SECONDHAND","price":25.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/ceabb94e-d97a-48b4-8727-985776e1b3a0.png?v=1781747272","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026770001800-secondhand-peal-of-ordnance","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}