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Whistle by James Jones is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Whistle about?

The third novel in Jones’s classic World War II trilogy: amoving story of four World War II infantrymen coping with thedifficulties of recovering at an army hospital and learning to readjustto the home frontAt the end of along journey across the Pacific, a ship catches sight of California. Onboard are hundreds of injured soldiers, survivors of the Americaninfantry’s battle to wrest the South Seas from the Japanese Empire. Asthe men on deck cheer their imminent return to their families, wives,and favorite girls, four stay below, unable to join in the celebration.These men are broken by war and haunted by what they learned there ofthe savagery of mankind. As they convalesce in a hospital in Memphis,the pain of that knowledge will torment them far worse than any wound. The third of James Jones’s epics based on his life in the army, thisposthumously published novel draws on his own experiences to depict thehorrors of war and their persistence even after the jungle is leftbehind.

Who reads Whistle?

Author

James Jones

Publisher

Open Road Media

Published

2011

Language

EN

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction

Rating

3.86 / 5 (321 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14