by Ben Elton · Bantam Press · tapa dura · ISBN 9780593051115
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«The First Casualty» is the historical mystery novel by Ben Elton, published by Bantam Press in hardback (389 pages, in English).
In June 1917, in Flanders, a British officer and celebrated poet is shot dead away from the German fire. A young soldier is arrested, but Douglas Konig, former detective and conscientious objector, is released from prison to investigate; he soon discovers that evidence and witnesses disappear in the mud.
Originally published in 2005.
For readers of historical and mystery fiction, especially those interested in the First World War.
Benjamin Charles Elton is a British comedian and writer. He has written and produced for television, radio, films, novels, theatre and musicals, and has performed as a stand-up comedian and on screen. One of the major figures in the alternative comedy movement of the 1980s, he used a style of left-wing political satire in his early stand-up comedy.
