Counterpointing a small-town boyhood during the Eisenhower and Kennedy years with the nightmare world of Vietnam, this novel explores a young American's coming of age during a time of national crisis. The author has previously published "The Wars of Heaven", a collection of stories.
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Counterpointing a small-town boyhood during the Eisenhower and Kennedy years with the nightmare world of Vietnam, this novel explores a young American's coming of age during a time of national crisis. The author has previously published "The Wars of Heaven", a collection of stories.
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Very Good. 1st edition, 1st printing, Dutton hardcover w/ DJ, 1988. Book is VG to VG+, w/ clean text, tight binding; age-tanning to pages, 6 dog-eared corners. DJ is VG, w/ light edge/shelf wear (no tears or chips), some light discoloration to lower left corner of front panel. Free delivery confirmation.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. First Edition. First edition, first printing (full numberline). Jacket is present with just a touch of shelfwear-very minimal. Text clean and unmarked. We try to note every flaw we can find, and we are quite picky, so buy with confidence! 100% guaranteed!
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. Second edition. Near fine in near fine dustwrapper. Hardcover and dustwrapper both a nice copy, almost new. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
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Fine in Fine jacket. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Hardcover. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
Young men, and now young women, go off to war; their parents worry behing proud smiles. And all the kids make promises they can not keep, such as "I'll be alright, ma".
"Fatal Light", while fictionalized, is also biographical. In it, the future combat medic makes his mother the promise that so many make, and so many fail to keep. That Currey is writing the book means he kept the promise in the sense that he returned alive. That he writes an angry, disillusioned, painful and proud book belies again the promise: he returned, but he was not alright. Nor will the reader be entirely okay after this journey, be the reader combat veteran or sheltered child of privilege. This short novel carries power, truth and pictures of what war is and always has been. Entertaining and enlightening, provocative and thoughtful, this volume engages the reader, demanding involvement.
