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Dirty Workby Brown, Larry
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Book DescriptionNew York, NY, U.S.A.: Vintage Books. 1990. First Trade Paperback Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Brief summary of content available upon request by e-mail. Book summaryTwo Vietnam vets, complete strangers--one white, one black--become the best of friends while recovering in adjacent hospital beds where they discuss the things they have in common: combat, movies, sex, Southern boyhoods, war, and women.Media Reviews"This is an unforgettable, unshakable novel...subtle, passionate and above all, compassionate." -- Rick Bass, New York Times Book Review "...unforgettable, unshakable novel." -- Rick Bass, New York Times "A novel of the first order." -- Marc Leepson, Washington Post Publisher NotesTwo Vietnam veterans meet twenty-two years after the war in a V.A. hospital. As these two men--one black, one white--tell their stories, they tell the story of the war itself and of all the lives it consumed, especially poor black lives. Braiden Chaney lost his arms and legs in Vietnam. Walter James lost most of his face. And when they meet 22 years later--in adjoining beds in a V.A. hospital, their wounds still hurt. As these two men--one black, one white--tell their stories, they tell the story of the war itself and of all the lives--poor black lives in particular--it consumed. Other Recommended Books
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