Turvey (1949)

by Earle Birney

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Private Thomas Leadbeater Turvey is nobody's idea of a capable recruit. Shifted from regimental pillar to post, Turvey tries and fails at every odd job in the army with a remarkable genius for mishap. A casualty before he has a chance to see action, Turvey watches the maimed and dying return from the front; thus Earle Birney's comic masterpiece becomes an unforgettable indictment of war. Turvey won the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour in 1949.… (more)

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Earle Birney	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Purdy, Al	Afterword	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Ross, Malcolm	Series editor	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Woodcock, George	Introduction	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour (Winner – 1950)

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1949

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In memory of Garnett Sedgewick who taught me better and for The Einar Neilsons without whom it would have been much worse [from original ed.]

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Private Turvey reporting, and would the gentlemen kindly remember he's just a Body, and so are all the other joes,

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Private Thomas Leadbeater Turvey is nobody's idea of a capable recruit. Shifted from regimental pillar to post, Turvey tries and fails at every odd job in the army with a remarkable genius for mishap. A casualty before he has a chance to see action, Turvey watches the maimed and dying return from the front; thus Earle Birney's comic masterpiece becomes an unforgettable indictment of war. Turvey won the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour in 1949.

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