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Paco's Story (Signed)
by Heinemann, Larry
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0374228477
- ISBN 13
- 9780374228477
- Seller
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About This Item
Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 10x6x14. Signed. Flat signed by Larry Heinemann on tipped in plate on half title page. First Edition. National Book Award Winner. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Pages unmarked. *Autographed by author.* <br> Larry Heinemann was a Vietnam veteran who explored his lingering battlefield memories in two acclaimed novels. In 1986, Mr. Heinemann published Paco's Story, the pained saga of a badly wounded soldier, Paco Sullivan, returning from Vietnam as the sole survivor of an attack that killed everyone else in his unit. The novel follows Paco as he wanders the country, getting off a bus in Texas, where he works as a dishwasher, with his thoughts invariably returning to the horrors he witnessed in Vietnam. The story, related by one of Paco's ghostly fallen comrades, is addressed to an imaginary character referred to as James, whose only role is to listen in silence to the harrowing tale. The language is rough-hewn, profane and digressive, reflecting an attitude of cynicism and contempt toward authority of every kind. Paco's Story won the National Book Award in 1987.
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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- SequiturBooks
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2308220008
- Title
- Paco's Story (Signed)
- Author
- Heinemann, Larry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0374228477
- ISBN 13
- 9780374228477
- Publisher
- Farrar Straus & Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1986
- Size
- 10x6x14
- X weight
- 17 oz
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