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Paco's Story

by Larry Heinemann

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Paco Sullivan is the only man in Alpha Company to survive a cataclysmic Viet Cong attack on Fire Base Harriette in Vietnam. Everyone else is annihilated. When a medic finally rescues Paco almost two days later, he is waiting to die, flies and maggots covering his burnt, shattered body. He winds up back in the US with his legs full of pins, daily rations of Librium and Valium, and no sense of what to do next. One evening, on the tail of a rainstorm, he limps off the bus and into the small town of Boone, determined to find a real job and a real bed-but no matter how hard he works, nothing muffles the anguish in his mind and body. Brilliantly and vividly written, Pacos Story-winner of a National Book Award-plunges you into the violence and casual cruelty of the Vietnam War, and the ghostly aftermath that often dealt the harshest blows.

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About the Author

Larry Heinemann was born and raised in Chicago.  He served a tour of duty with the 25th Division in Vietnam.  In the past he has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Guggenheim Foundation, and the William Fulbright Scholarship Program.  He is the author of three novels: Close Quarters, Pacos Story, and Cooler by the Lake, as well as a memoir, Black Virgin Mountain. His writing has received several honors, including the National Book Award and the Carl Sandburg Award.  He currently lives in Chicago with his wife. 

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ISBN:

9781400076833

Author:

Heinemann, Larry

Publisher:

Vintage Contemporaries

Subject:

Literary

Subject:

Historical - General

Subject:

Vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975

Subject:

Psychological

Subject:

Veterans

Subject:

Massacres

Subject:

War & Military

Subject:

Psychological fiction

Subject:

Texas

Subject:

War

Subject:

Literature-A to Z

Edition Description:

Trade paper

Series:

Vintage Contemporaries

Publication Date:

20050431

Binding:

TRADE PAPER

Grade Level:

General/trade

Language:

English

Pages:

224

Dimensions:

8.08x5.24x.59 in. .51 lbs.

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