The Pearl of Kuwait - Rilegato

Paine, Tom

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ISBN 10: 0151005184 ISBN 13: 9780151005185

Casa editrice: Harcourt, 2003

Riassunto

During the Gulf War, two Marines--California surfer Cody "Cowboy" Carmichael and his buddy Tommy Trang, the son of a Saigon prostitute and dead U.S. Marine--go AWOL to venture behind enemy lines into occupied Kuwait to rescue Princess Lulu, a young Kuwaiti princess trapped during the Iraqi invasion, with whom Tommy is in love. 25,000 first printing.

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PRAISE FOR SCAR VEGAS

"Savage, beautiful, whimsical, restless, inspired, heroic, new."--Rick Moody, author of The Ice Storm

"A virtuoso collection . . . A bold and original first book rendered for the most part at breakneck speed."--Joyce Carol Oates, The New York Review of Books

"Arresting . . . In each of [the stories], the author immediately establishes an extreme situation that rivets your attention."--Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, The New York Times

L'autore:

Tom Paine is a graduate of Princeton and the Columbia M.F.A. program. His book of short stories, Scar Vegas, was a finalist for the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award, a Barnes and Noble "Discover Great New Writers" selection, a Talk Magazine "Talk 10" Pick, and a New York Times Notable Book of the Year for the hardcover and the paperback. He lives in Vermont.

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• Editore: Harcourt
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0151005184
• ISBN 13: 9780151005185
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 320