Spanning the Sicilian countryside to the brothels of Ostend, and the final book in Alexander Baron’s War Trilogy, The Human Kind is a series of pithy vignettes reflective of the author’s own wartime experiences. From the interminable days of training in Britain to brutal combat across north-west Europe, the book depicts many of the men, women – and, in some cases, children – affected by the widespread reach of the Second World War. In his trademark spare prose, Baron’s work provides an emotive and incisive snapshot into the lives of myriad characters during this tumultuous period in history.

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• About the Author
• Introduction
• Contents
• STRANGERS TO DEATH: A PROLOGUE
• THE SENTRY
• COPPERFIELD AND THE 'ERBS
• THE HUNCHBACK WOMAN
• THE WHITE DOMAIN
• OLD BEETHOVEN
• THE PILLBOX
• THE MUSIC BOX
• THE DEAD CART
• CHICOLINO
• THE DESERT MOUSE
• THE INDIAN
• MRS GROCOCK’S BOY
• DAISY MAY’S CREW
• MÉLANIE
• BEING AND NON-BEING
• A PAL’S A PAL
• THE VENUS BAR
• EFFICIENCY
• EVERYBODY LOVES A DOG
• VICTORY NIGHT
• MANNERS MAYKETH MAN
• SCUM OF THE EARTH
• THE WAY A WAR ENDS
• THE HUMAN KIND: AN EPILOGUE
• Further Reading