Written in a style that is at once reminiscent of both Catch-22 and Twelve O'Clock High, But Soon It Will Be Night is a serious work both profoundly and unapologetically concerned with the absurdity of war, and Stacy Danielle Stephens is that rare writer who pushes the limits of fiction, with a gut-level sincerity and an artist's attention to craft. But Soon It Will Be Night is an account of the Eighth Air Force's Mission 115, to Schweinfurt, on 14 October, 1943, as experienced by the men of the fiction 981st Bombardment Group. Meticulously researched with the assistance of The Command and General Staff College Combined Arms Research Library, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and disarmingly authentic in its panoramic details, But Soon It Will Be Night, beginning at wakeup and following through until the last of the planes has sunk in the Channel, engages the reader in the worst--and for many, final--day of these young men's lives.
- ISBN10 1300618752
- ISBN13 9781300618751
- Publish Date 2 February 2013
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Lulu.com
- Format Paperback
- Pages 151
- Language English