- FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General, Vietnam War, 1961-1975, Dysfunctional families, College students
"An ordinary writing assignment for a college English class brings Joe face-to-face with a dying Vietnam veteran, who is also a convicted murderer."--
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Classical in form, grave, earnest and raw.
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- gravecomic
- earnestironic
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About the book
- Author
- Allen Eskens
- First published
- 2014
- Pages
- 303
- Editions
- 1
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781616149987
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