True novel about being in army? (9)
I believe the answer is:
volunteer
'being in army?' is the definition.
'volunteer' can be an answer for 'being' (volunteer is a kind of being). I'm unsure of the 'in army?' bit.
'true novel about' is the wordplay.
'about' indicates an anagram.
'true'+'novel'='truenovel'
'truenovel' with letters rearranged gives 'VOLUNTEER'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for volunteer that I've seen before include "Put forward, suggest" , "One offering to perform unasked" , "Offer freely to do something" , "One enlisting of own free will" , "Offer one's services" .)