THE ROAD PAST MANDALAY (341 pp.) John MastersHarper ($5).
The shelves sag with books about World War II turned out by professional writers who served as amateur soldiers, and by professional soldiers who became amateur writers. The two groups often seem to be writing about different wars. Into the no-man's land between the two camps moves John Masters, who from 1934 to 1947 was a professional soldier of a particularly proud breedan officer in the Indian army. Since then, he has become a professional writer with seven novels about India to his credit (Bhowani...
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