Turvey - New Canadian Library Author:Earle Birney Private Thomas Leadbeater Turvey is nobody’s idea of a capable recruit. Shifted from regimental pillar to post, Turvey tries and fails at every odd job in the army with a remarkable genius for mishap. — A casualty before he has a chance to see action, Turvey watches the maimed and dying return from the front; thus Earle Birney’s comic... more » masterpiece becomes an unforgettable indictment of war.
Turvey won the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour in 1949.« less