The Young Lions Author:Irwin Shaw One of the great, attention-holding novels of WWII in Europe, starting with Christmas 1938 when the opposing protagonists meet at a skiing party in Austria, until the intensive conclusion in 1945 in the fall of Berlin. A movie was made about 1958 starring Marlon Brando as the German officer, and Dean Martin and Montgomery Clift as the Amer... more »ican soldiers. However, "never judge a book by its movie."« less