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Violence
A lot
World War II combat violence; death in battle
Language
Some
Moderate profanity
Sexual Content
Some
Brief sexual content in wartime romance
Substance Use
Some
Moderate alcohol in wartime military setting
Emotional Intensity
Some
Moral complexity of following orders vs
What this book is about
A Scott Turow historical novel (2005) in which a journalist discovers his late father's World War II court-martial records and a story he never knew — of a military lawyer assigned to arrest a rogue intelligence officer in wartime Europe. Turow uses the legal thriller framework to explore duty, loyalty, courage, and the choices men make in the fog of war. One of his most literary works.
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WWII combat violence
Sexual content
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