The Virgin Soldiers (Fiction - general)

by Leslie Thomas

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'It rained a lot and steamed when the sun shone. It was always hot. But it was safe...'

One way or another the Communist guerrilla war in Malaya kept a whole British army occupied from 1948 until 1952. They were the virgin soldiers. Idle, homesick, afraid, bored, oversexed and unsatisfied.

A young virgin like Brigg had to grab his fun while and where he could - in the Liberty Club, in Juicy Lucy's flat or up in Phillipa's room - in one frantic attempt at living before he died or got demobbed...

  • ISBN10 0140144269
  • ISBN13 9780140144260
  • Publish Date 26 September 1991 (first published June 1969)
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 14 November 1996
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
  • Edition New edition
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 256
  • Language English