Dead and Alive (Innes novel) explained

Dead and Alive is the first post-war novel of Hammond Innes. It is based on his own experience as an army major in Italy.^[1] Jack Adrian relates that "the manuscript...emerged with him when he was demobbed, just after completing an arduous skiing course in the Italian Dolomites.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Books and Bookmen - Volumes 1-2 1955 "Before leaving Italy, Innes, now a major, completed his first post-war novel Dead and Alive, based on his experience of rackets he had investigated in Rome and Naples."
2. https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-hammond-innes-1164546.html Obituary: Hammond Innes - Arts & Entertainment - The Independent