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Boswell's Fairies Author: Peter Lingard

ISBN: 9780648102007 Format: Paperback Number Of Pages: 318 Published: 1 October 2017 Dimensions (cm): 24.0 x 16.0 x 1.88 Description: Boswell's Fairies is an often humorous tale of life during basic training of Her Britannic Majesty's Corps of Royal Marines. Paul Johnson is unhappy with his middle-class (striving for upper middle class), parents, his girlfriend, and his job. To change his life he joins the Royal Marines. He rejects his father's recommendation that he apply for a commission and knows he will have to dumb-down his background and education if he is to fit in with other recruits. Jack Mason left his foster home to join the circus and drifted into wrestling. Fed up of 'paying his dues' on the wrestling circuit, he opts for a life of stability in the elite branch of the armed services. The two men become firm friends, or oppos. Their sometimes arduous training and constant search of female companionship and fun teach Paul and Jack a lot about themselves and the serious business of living. Sergeant Francis Bowell is an immaculate drill instructor in charge of H Squad, the squad of which Paul and Jack are members. The sergeant's job is to remain their mentor throughout the ten-month period of basic training at Deal, Poole, and Lympstone, where those who finish will be awarded the coveted Green Beret. His homophobic prejudices, partially obscured...

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