The Young Lions: A Novel (Phoenix Fiction)

One of the great World War II novels, this New York Times–bestselling “masterpiece” captures the experiences of three very different soldiers (The Boston Globe).

Standing alongside Norman Mailer’ s The Naked and the Dead and James Jones’ s From Here to Eternity, The Young Lions is one of the most powerful American novels to tackle the Second World War.

Ambitious in its scope and robust in its prose, Irwin Shaw’s work is also deeply humanistic, presenting the reality of war as seen through the eyes of ordinary soldiers on both sides.