Barbusse's incredible tale about the experience of French soldiers during the Great War is perhaps the greatest novel about war and its absolute absurdity. Drawn from his own extensive experiences on the frontline, the novel charts the cataclysmic fate of a unit of French soldiers as they move towards their certain, bloody doom. An overlooked classic, equal if not superior to All Quiet on the Western Front, Under Fire is a triumph of war writing and unmatched even a century on

Barbusse's novel about the experiences of French soldiers during the Great War is one of the best pieces of war writing and a towering achievement in French and 20th century literature. Drawing from his own time fighting on the front Barbusse creates a novel of anger and frustration, anger at war and its absurdity and uselessness. Its an amazing book, as good if not better than All Quiet on the Western Front. An unmatched classic