Duff Cooper
Praise for Operation Heartbreak
Operation Heartbreak pulls off the trick of revealing the fascinating hidden workings of the British War Office within a supremely moving and well-wrought tale... Its ending is as unexpected as it is affectin ...
Wall Street Journal
[A work of] jewel-like brevity and intensity
New York Herald Tribune
A first novel of great distinction . . . a delightful tragi-comedy of military manners. It has been constructed by Duff Cooper with a truly dramatic economy and told with humour, deep feeling and considerable skill
Daily Telegraph
Operation Heartbreak pulls off the trick of revealing the fascinating hidden workings of the British War Office within a supremely moving and well-wrought tale... Its ending is as unexpected as it is affectin ...
Wall Street Journal
[A work of] jewel-like brevity and intensity
New York Herald Tribune
A first novel of great distinction . . . a delightful tragi-comedy of military manners. It has been constructed by Duff Cooper with a truly dramatic economy and told with humour, deep feeling and considerable skill
Daily Telegraph
Operation Heartbreak pulls off the trick of revealing the fascinating hidden workings of the British War Office within a supremely moving and well-wrought tale... Its ending is as unexpected as it is affectin ...
Wall Street Journal
[A work of] jewel-like brevity and intensity
New York Herald Tribune
A first novel of great distinction . . . a delightful tragi-comedy of military manners. It has been constructed by Duff Cooper with a truly dramatic economy and told with humour, deep feeling and considerable skill
Daily Telegraph