[clean + tight, some shelfwear to bottom of book, small dent in top edge of both covers; DJ faintly soiled, 1/4" hole along edge of rear panel]. "Jay Courtney, returning veteran, comes home from Vietnam to find that his beautiful wife has become his enemy; his home, the battlefield. Joe Biano, on the other hand, is welcomed back into his large and loving family, with hugs and kisses. Little does either man guess how powerful the anger and resentment against U.S. involvement in the war had become. It threatens to destroy the very fabric of their hopes and dreams."The author, whose f... View More...
[nice tight copy, appears unread, faint soiling to top edge; jacket mildly rubbed]. Scarce novel, the author's first (and apparently only). Like his protagonist, he had served as a medic in Vietnam, and wrote the book "because the war wouldn't go away." View More...
[nice solid copy, light fading to cloth at top/bottom edges, also on spine (with faint "shadow" of lettering on spine of jacket), very minor soiling to bottom edge; jacket very slightly browned, otherwise clean and attractive]. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on ffep in the year of publication; the inscription is to a colleague (or agent?) who the author thanks for "paving the way for me at Putnam's....and for spreading [the book] through the stores all over town." The author's first novel, about "four distinctly American young men who are drawn together by the shared ... View More...
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