Patrol (novel)

Patrol
First edition (US)
AuthorPhilip MacDonald
LanguageEnglish
GenreMilitary fiction
Set inMesopotamia (1914–1918)
PublisherWilliam Collins, Sons (UK)
Harper & Brothers (US)
Publication date
1927
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint
Pages245
OCLC8021660

Patrol is a 1927 war novel by the British writer Philip MacDonald. It is set in Mesopotamia during the First World War, focusing on the psychological strain on a patrol of British soldiers when they become lost in the desert and surrounded by the enemy. It is sometimes known as Lost Patrol.