β Scribed by Tobias Wolff
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
In This Boy's Life Tobias Wolf created an unforgettable memoir of an American childhood. Now he gives us a precisely and sometimes pitilessly remembered account of his young manhood - a young manhood that become entangled in the tragic adventure that was Vietnam. Mordantly funny, searingly honest, In Pharoah's Army is a war memoir in the tradition of George Orwell and Michael Herr.
Wolff's memoir of his disillusioning experience as a soldier in Vietnam was a finalist for the NBA.
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