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About This Book
ISBN13: 9780375712937 
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And floating at the center of this psychedelic spin is Spec. 4 James Griffin. In country, Griffin studies the jungle of carpet bomb photos as he fights desperately to keep his grip on reality. And battling addiction stateside after his tour, he studies the green of household plants as he struggles mightily to get his sanity back. With mesmerizing action and Joycean interior monologues, Stephen Wright has created a book that is as much an homage to the darkness of war as it is a testament to the transcendence of art.
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Here is a kaleidoscopic collage that whirls about an array of indelible characters: a Vietnamese mother who pimps her daughter, an eccentric soldier obsessed with filming the war, an Indiana nail doomed to a fate worse than death. At the center of this psychedelic spin floats sardonic James Griffin who, stateside after his tour, struggles mightily to get his sanity back. With acerbic wit, rhapsodic description, and scenes of ferocious intensity, Stephen Wright has created a masterpiece of wartime fiction that firmly places him in the company of Tim O'Brien and Joseph Heller.
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dsmith481, April 29, 2008 (view all comments by dsmith481)
This story is ok if you are a person who uses drugs and has post adolescent angst about questions that seem to bother you so. I am a combat veteran of the Viet Nam war. Two tours of duty with the 3rd and 1st Marine divisions 1968 to 1971. I assure you readers that in combat drugs are an adjunct means of hastening your own death or wounding; be advised that the war in Vietnam was fought by professional warriors from both sides of the DMZ. This book is a hazy view of a time when America was teetering on the edge of the precipice of the long and slippery slope which is leading towards a true socialist and tyrannical form of government the reader who finds this book worth while is probably better off in a drug induced stupor or a post 80’s “I me, me, my,” gluttony. The time to come requires content and character all of which are missing from this work.
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edone, July 3, 2007 (view all comments by edone)
this is my favourite book of all time. when i was young i wanted to be a royal marine and i used to read my dads war books, i read this and was affected. in my late teens i no longer wanted to be a soldier but had developed a ferocious appetite for literature and mind altering substances, i read this book again and was affected again. now i am slightly older and bored with drugs and certain friendships and certain ideas and the book still rings true. a genuine classic. plus its better than catch 22. oh and sorry for stealing your book dad, i hear its out of print now?
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shadow8pro, September 11, 2006 (view all comments by shadow8pro)
Journalistic in its realism and cinematic in its vision. Impressive from start to finish.
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Product Details
- ISBN:
- 9780375712937
- Author:
- Publisher:
- Vintage Books USA
- Subject:
- General
- Subject:
- War
- Subject:
- Historical - General
- Subject:
- Vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975
- Subject:
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- Subject:
- War & Military
- Edition Description:
- Paperback
- Series:
- Vintage Contemporaries
- Publication Date:
- August 2003
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Language:
- English
- Pages:
- 352
- Dimensions:
- 8.07x5.27x.74 in. .58 lbs.
