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Water in Darkness is a taut, disturbing novel that plumbs the depths of human sadness. The book opens within the last months of Jack Tyne's enlistment in the U.S. Army. Tyne is a young soldier haunted by the anonymous death of his father at Hue City during the Vietnam War, and by childhood memories of his stepfather's brutality. On the evening before his discharge, Jack covers his ears and hides in self-loathing while an effeminate soldier, also orphaned by Vietnam, takes a beating. He ultimately returns home to Watega, Illinois and wanders amongst the ruins of stove factories and steel mills long gone South, only to discover the same frustrated America that had forced his escape into the army. He quickly drifts north to Chicago and works day labor, hoping to beat memory, evade conscience, and become invisible. There he meets Danny Morrison, a Vietnam Veteran dismissed from the Chicago Police Department for cocaine abuse. This violent, dispossessed man, filled with his own strange lusts, becomes a surrogate father for Jack Tyne, quickly pulling him into the dark heart of our violent culture.
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Librería: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects. Nº de ref. del artículo: 38760359-6
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Librería: Abacus Bookshop, Pittsford, NY, Estados Unidos de America
hardcover. Condición: Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 1st edition. 8vo, 193 pp. Nº de ref. del artículo: 095364
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Librería: Dan Pope Books, West Hartford, CT, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. New York, Akashic, 2001. First edition. First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. A tight, clean copy with price ($21) intact on rear cover. Comes with archival-quality dust jacket protector. Nº de ref. del artículo: F3800-3
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Librería: books4u31, Asheville, NC, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Like New. 2001 Stated first printing hc with dj, no marks noted in or on book,AND AS ALWAYS SHIPPED IN 24 HOURS; and emailed to you a USPS tracking number on all orders; all books are sanitized and cleaned for your protection before mailing. PLEASE NOTE OVER SEAS BUYERS if the book extra large or heavy there will be additional postage due to the new US Postage rates. Nº de ref. del artículo: 171208003C
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Librería: S.Carter, NEWPORT, Reino Unido
Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. us1st.edition.1st.printing.fine hardback in fine dustwrapper.68. Nº de ref. del artículo: 21aswqas
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Librería: BennettBooksLtd, North Las Vegas, NV, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!. Nº de ref. del artículo: Q-188845119x
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Librería: Marvin Minkler Modern First Editions, St. Johnsbury, VT, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: As New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: As New. 1st Edition. First Edition/First Printing. Hardcover in unclipped dustjacket. 193 pages. A sterling piece of fiction; examining life in the army, and day-to-day ghetto life in post-Vietnam America. The author's first novel. Small first printing. As new. Unread. Scarce as is. From my smoke-free collection. Ships in well-padded box. Nº de ref. del artículo: 1924
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Librería: BennettBooksLtd, North Las Vegas, NV, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 1.02. Nº de ref. del artículo: Q-188845119X
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