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On the Yankee Station: Stories

โœ Scribed by Boyd, William

Book ID
106938322
Publisher
Vintage International
Year
2001
Tongue
English
Weight
164 KB
Category
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780375705113

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Review

"A skilled narrator with great powers of witty invention.... William Boyd has established himself as an accomplished and adventurous writer."?_The New York Times Book Review_ -- Review

Product Description

Wiliam Boyd, winner of the Whitbread and Somerset Maugham Awards, introduces unlikely heroes desperate to redeem their unsatisfying lives.

From California poolsides to the battlegrounds of Vietnam, here is a world populated by weary souls who turn to fantasy as their sole escape from life's inequities. Stranded in an African hotel during a coup, an oafish Englishman impresses a young stewardess with stories of an enchanted life completely at odds with his sordid existence in "The Coup." In the title story, an arrogant, sadistic American pilot in Vietnam underestimaets the power of revenge when he relentlessly persecutes a member of his maintenance crew. With droll humor and rare compassion, Boyd's enthralling stories remind us of his stature as one of contemporary fiction's finest storytellers.

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