When Johnny Came Marching Home

Summary

Trapped in what appears to be an endless bloodbath—vividlypresented with Heffernan’s meticulous historical research—three boys graduallybegin to change until their close-knit childhood ties are little more than afractured memory. By war’s end, one boy is dead, one returns a physicallycrippled and emotionally compromised man, and the third comes home as anunfeeling psychopath. The novel turns on the subsequent murder of the psychopathand the offer of redemption for the wounded young man who must investigate thecrime.

When Johnny CameMarching Home is a story about war and how it affects the lives of all whobecome a part of it, both directly and peripherally.