The book feels like a writer working within his limits and not breaking any new ground, believes KEN COCKBURN
Film of the week: Generational genocide
The horrors of a futile conflict which wiped out millions in WWI are captured to devastating effect in Journey's End, says MARIA DUARTE
Journey's End (12A)
Directed by Saul Dibb
THIS tense and claustrophobic film, an adaptation of RC Sheriff's 1928 play and novel, dispels all heroic or romanticised notions about warfare.
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