Some found the book too depressing, others said it was too focused on Horaces’ sexual activity and self-gratification. Web icon An illustration of a computer application window Wayback Machine Texts icon An illustration of an open book. It gives them all a bad reputation and unfortunately perpetuates the stereotype of the glorification of laddish behaviour. I've read a lot of stories about World War II, but this one will not be one I read again, trying to forget it already. Exclusive: Monarch Media has picked up the rights to Ken Scott’s best-selling biography Do the Birds Still Sing in Hell?

He broke out of the camp more than 200 times, often bringing food back to his fellow prisoners to supplement their meager rations, and toward the end of the war even managed to bring radio parts back in, allowing the BBC news to be delivered daily to more than 3,000 prisoners.Pretty soon, we’ll only have the history books to tell us about arguably the most brutal and devastating war to ever befall mankind.

Horace Greasley escaped over 200 times from a notorious German prison camp to see the girl he loved. after the War's end, and when he learns of it a year after it happened, he burns the letter written by her friend, telling him she is gone.The man didn’t fail to take every opportunity to talk about how much the women enjoyed having sex with them. Even the point when a Nazi-sympathizing civilian was overhearing sensitive information while taking a piss, the author felt the need to add the detail of the civilian "pinching the tip of his penis" to slow the flow of urine. It’s hard not to doubt the exploits of the hero of the story but if it is true, it’s a heck of a tale.