Fatal Light
Published on 1. April 2009
183 pages
978-0-9776799-6-6 (ISBN)
Description
A devastating portrait of war in all its horror, brutality, and mindlessness, this extraordinary novel is written in beautifully cadenced prose. A combat medic in Vietnam faces the chaos of war, set against the tranquil scenes of family life back home in small-town America. This young man's rite of passage is traced through jungle combat to malaria-induced fever visions to the purgatory of life in military-occupied Saigon. After returning home from war to stay with his grandfather, he confronts his own shattered personal history and the mysterious human capacity for renewal.
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- Cover
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction
- MORTAL PLACES
- IN-COUNTRY
- BONE BLOOD
- MALARIA
- SAIGON
- HOME
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR
- Back Cover
