by Fay Weldon · Penguin Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140097467
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«The Shrapnel Academy» is the satirical literary fiction novel by Fay Weldon, published by Penguin Books in paperback (192 pages, in English).
At the Shrapnel Academy, a military school named after Henry Shrapnel, inventor of the explosive cannonball, the annual dinner on the eve of Waterloo is held. A snowfall leaves the guests isolated and events turn into a humorous parable about human relations and the military world.
The work belongs to the King Penguin collection. The Penguin Books paperback edition dates from 1988.
Readers of literary fiction and satirical humour seeking an ironic look at military institutions and human relations.
Fay Weldon was a British author, essayist and playwright.
