A review by hairymclary28
A Man Could Stand Up by Ford Madox Ford

4.0

This was a very intense book, but not for the reasons that I had expected. The frustration that builds up in the first two books, as Tietjens is forced into worsening situations, comes to a head at last in the trenches. Here, he resolves (at last) to abandon his "Parade" with Sylvia and to take up with Valentine when he returns home. The scenes in the trenches are of course arresting, but by far the more compelling storyline is that of the forbidden love between Valentine and Tietjens.