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Paco's Story
by Larry Heinemann
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0374228477
- ISBN 13
- 9780374228477
- Seller
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Kanab, Utah, United States
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About This Item
Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York, 1986 First edition/first printing. Book and dustcover fine. Dustcover in mylar jacket, not price-clipped. No remainder mark. Cloth and paper-covered boards, gilt spine lettering, 9 1/4 x 6 3/8 inches, 209 pp. (1722RO089). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.
Synopsis
Larry Heinemann is an American novelist. His body of work, which includes three novels and a memoir, is primarily concerned with the Vietnam War. His novel, Paco’s Story was the winner of the National Book Awards in 1987. The story chronicles the war experiences of Paco Sullivan, the only surviving soldier of the Fire Base Harriette massacre during the Vietnam war. Despite being the only survivor, Paco is grievously wounded, left for dead and discovered by a medic. The novel is narrated by the ghosts killed that day at the Harriette massacre. The story follows Paco, who is in constant motion from nagging pain, back to the United States to begin his struggle for assimilation into society. A raw, memorable novel richly detailed by Heinemann’s graphic prose.
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- Bookseller
- Boojum and Snark Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3990
- Title
- Paco's Story
- Author
- Larry Heinemann
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0374228477
- ISBN 13
- 9780374228477
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1986
- Keywords
- VIETNAM WAR, HISTORY, UNITED STATES
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
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Boojum and Snark Books
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