Joe is so horrifically injured that he can't move, will never move again.
But despite his deafness that phone just keeps on ringing. He's covered in bandages from head to toe, and he's deaf, he can't hear anything at all that is real. Fading in and out, feeling by turns afraid and peaceful, dreams sometimes serene, sometimes frightening, it is a while before Joe realises how badly hurt he is. Head still pounding Joe realises he's dreaming. Head pounding, Joe takes the call and receives the news from his mother. It's ringing to tell him that his father has died. Struggling through the fog of the pain in his head, Joe goes to answer it. And someone really should answer that phone. Who could let a phone ring on and on like that? Perhaps it's not a hangover, perhaps he's sick. That must have been some awful wine he drank last night (or was it cognac? or was it absinthe?) because his head hurts so much it could burst.
It hurts to read it, but if you have the courage then you will be richly rewarded. Yet in truth, it is a book that everyone should read before they even think about supporting a war, any war. Johnny Got His Gun is possibly the most stomach-churning book about war ever written. Summary: A young soldier is horrifically injured during World War 1 and wakes up to a living nightmare.
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