The Rough Road
By William John Locke
11 Sep, 2019
A weak man gets toughened up in the army. This is the story of "Doggie" Trevor, a toy pomeranian of a man, wrapped in cotton wool since babyhood and raised by old women. He wears violet silk pajamas, bottle green suits, is wealthy, can embroider, de
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A weak man gets toughened up in the army. This is the story of "Doggie" Trevor, a toy pomeranian of a man, wrapped in cotton wool since babyhood and raised by old women. He wears violet silk pajamas, bottle green suits, is wealthy, can embroider, decorate, play multiple musical instruments and design wallpapers. Being of 'delicate constitution', the manlier professions are out of reach. Or are they?. In this novel we watch a fop become a "man" on the front of WW1. Less