A fictionalized-ish tale of Cummings' experience in WWI when held as a prisoner by France. It was a good excuse to practice my French, but not one I would read again. The first few pages were very funny, the bulk of the middle is distressing, and the end is suddenly poetic. It feels like it was written over the course of many years and never revised. I can't say I blame him, though his ebullience over the whole experience is definitely strange.