I add my small contribution to the many great reviews. In terms of content, I will add nothing to the summary and comments from Amazon. I will focus just on the fact that this story is a beautiful behind closed doors between a military judge and a condemned soldier. The reason for his imprisonment, we learn just at the end of the story and the suspense is built very well by the author. This closed-door is "airy" somewhat by visits judge some people from the village. And do not forget the beautiful character of the dog! Book published in full in the stream of the "centenary" releases but which differs greatly from the "mass" of its subject and style. If you want another brilliant novel with a dog in the war, I recommend "In the war." One "here" about this book is the picture of the dog on the cover, he neck like a medal "Croix de Guerre" whereas in history, the soldier received the "glorious" Legion of Honor. Medal rarely given to a single soldier! Why do they do publishers do not a small research effort for coverage to fully and fairly reflects the story? A small book characterized by a very flexible writing, many dialogues and characters in moral perdition after this terrible carnage!
