“The Frontier Garrison” is the 1st English translation of “Az előretolt helyőrség” by means of the Hungarian novelist Jenő Rejtő (1905-1943), initially released in 1939 below the pen identify of “P. Howard.” The translator, Balint Kacsoh (a college professor) additionally annotated the variation. The preface offers biographical facts of Jeno Rejto in historic and literary context. The style is fiction; parts of motion, experience, secret, and comedy are jumbled in the tale. it truly is appropriate for younger readers and adults.
Action and experience are combined with a hearty dose of offbeat humor during this P. Howard vintage, set within the moment half the Thirties. Harrincourt is dishonorably discharged from the French Naval Academy for a prank. He realizes that his carefree habit positioned the livelihood of his widowed mom and teen sister in jeopardy. To safe their monetary destiny, he can pay the top class on his lifestyles insurance coverage and joins the French international Legion destined to Africa, the place his demise “in the process expert responsibility” will be all yet assured. whereas in simple education in Oran, he unwittingly turns into combined up in homicide and espionage and encounters the ghost of a murdered lady who has a penchant for making a song. in brief order, his unit is dispatched to a frontier garrison verified to aid French colonial growth into equatorial Africa. Rival international powers, although, try and thwart the French plans and Harrincourt reveals himself within the crossfire of overseas intrigue and falls in love with the gorgeous girl whose haunting ghost follows the legionnaires as they march in the course of the lethal Sahara. it's as much as Harrincourt to avoid wasting the day and discover the key of a mysterious watch, no matter if it can suggest foregoing the demise gain his insurance coverage might pay to his family.