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Title: Plot Structure, Dialect Were Annoying
Review: I've not read this author's other works, so I can't compare, but two things made the book less enjoyable than it might have been: First, the plot mechanism of Harry Weaver narrating his story to the journalist was patently unbelievable, because (obviously) many things that occurred in the story could not have been known by Col. Weaver. The story would have been good without this convention, and more convincing. Second, it was distracting to have all the characters, whether British, American or German, speaking in British dialect (e.g. beginning sentences with "Right,...", "organising" a trip, "in future", "in hospital", etc.). It seemed like the author paid attention to most other details of characterization, but hearing, for example, General Schellenberger talk like a Brit detracted from the effectiveness of the story.
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