Soldiers' Pay Author:William Faulkner "Soldiers' Pay was William Faulkner's first novel. . . . this tale of a wounded airman returning to his home in the South is a product of bitter post-World War I disillusionment. An atmosphere of fevered sexuality against the background of approaching death permeates the book as its wounded protagonist . . .seeks his place in a world that has r... more »emained unchanged while his life was being shattered."« less