Service for the Dead

Very slight shelfwear. A bright, tight, attractive copy. "On his way home from Vietnam after having been wounded, and newly immersed in a civilian reality that seems trivial, Marine Pfc. Mike Allison tries to make sense of his Vietnam nightmare. In the back seat of his parents' car he drifts in and out of memories of the war: the terror of random death; endless patrols; the booby-trapped landscape; seemingly friendly Vietnamese who harbor Viet Cong; memories. . . dreams. . . nightmares. Mike and the men in his platoon make dream and reality interchangeable as the only way to make sense of the senseless, cryptic war. . . But this fragile accommodation to the war is shattered by a new platoon leader, leading to one of the most powerful and moving scenes in the literature of war. In a conclusion that will haunt readers long after the book is laid down, Mike is forced to confront himself and what it means to be a soldier."; 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall

Product Info

ISBN: 0877958122

ISBN-13: 9780877958123

Publisher: Arbor House

Year: 1986

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

First Edition

Seller Info

OrielisBooks

Address: 1 Martha Lane Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Website: https://www.orielisbooks.com

Country: United States