"The Amateur" is a fascinating book by the American writer Richard Harding Davis, which tells about the lives of people during the First World War. The main character, a young American Joe, goes to the front in France as part of the army from the United States. Themes of war, friendship, love and loyalty are interwoven in this gripping novel. Readers experience all the complexity of the inner world of the heroes and together with them experience all the trials that come their way. "Amateur" is a book that fascinates with its skill of writing and depth of depiction of human feelings.