The Ice-Cream Headache and Other Stories

by James Jones

Book Overview

The World War II trilogy, From Here to Eternity, The Thin Red Line, and Whistle, established James Jones as one of the greatest American writers of the twentieth century.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0440039479
• ISBN13: 9780440039471
• Release Date: January 1968
• Publisher: The Delacorte Press
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A writer whose stories never get old

I read these stories many years ago and was thrilled to see how well they hold up. The study guide by Prof. Judith Everson makes me want to teach these stories to my graduate students. I'm particularly fond of the childhood stories, which seem so perceptive and sincere and harsh at the same time. It's nice also to see the development of the writer over a ten-year period, from his early years after he got out of the Army, to his later stories, after the publication of FROM HERE TO ETERNITY.