"Young idealist Claude has his future ready-made, but despite the dangers of influenza and the rising fervor of World War I, he decides to enlist in the army. Can he find a purpose for himself?" Who gives a shit? Anyone? Bueller? You know the flu really didn't take off until after the US entered the war a year prior, but Willa apparently didn't. This novel ought to have been titled Willa Flu Over the Cather's Nest.
