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    In Pharaoh's Army

    Memories of the Lost War

    Author Tobias Wolff
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    Knopf | Vintage
    On sale Sep 01, 2010 | 240 Pages | 9780307763754
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    Whether he is evoking the blind carnage of the Tet offensive, the theatrics of his fellow Americans, or the unraveling of his own illusions, Wolff brings to this work the same uncanny eye for detail, pitiless candor and mordant wit that made This Boy's Life a modern classic.
    © Marion Ettlinger
    Tobias Wolff lives in Northern California and teaches at Stanford University. He has received the Rea Award for excellence in the short story, a Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and the PEN/Faulkner Award. View titles by Tobias Wolff
    Part One
    Thanksgiving Special
    Command Presence
    White Man
    Close Calls
    Duty
    A Federal Offense

    Part Two
    The Lesson
    Old China
    I Right a Wrong
    Souvenir
    The Rough Humor of Soldiers
    Civilian
    Last Shot
    • FINALIST | 1994
      National Book Awards

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    Whether he is evoking the blind carnage of the Tet offensive, the theatrics of his fellow Americans, or the unraveling of his own illusions, Wolff brings to this work the same uncanny eye for detail, pitiless candor and mordant wit that made This Boy's Life a modern classic.

    Author

    © Marion Ettlinger
    Tobias Wolff lives in Northern California and teaches at Stanford University. He has received the Rea Award for excellence in the short story, a Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and the PEN/Faulkner Award. View titles by Tobias Wolff

    Table of Contents

    Part One
    Thanksgiving Special
    Command Presence
    White Man
    Close Calls
    Duty
    A Federal Offense

    Part Two
    The Lesson
    Old China
    I Right a Wrong
    Souvenir
    The Rough Humor of Soldiers
    Civilian
    Last Shot

    Awards

    • FINALIST | 1994
      National Book Awards

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