F.N.G., Revised Edition - Bodey, Donald

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Résumé :
Everyone is gunning for the New Guy Gabriel Sauers of Two Squad is a soldier, newly arrived in Vietnam--a country too beautiful to invite so savagely unreal a war. But Gabriel won't be a New Guy for long. He'll go through incoming mortars, he'll see the enemy alive. He'll wander through a hell that will turn the green recruit lucky enough to survive into a death-hardened veteran, longing for nothing more than a return to the world of hot baths and cold beer, no bullets, and no noise. Now, 40 years later, he is grappling with an action on the verge of his grandson Seth's deployment to Iraq that will change both their lives forever. Critics Praise Don Bodey's F.N.G One of the most hard-hitting of all the vietnam novels -- The Boston Herald A powerful social document and a well-written, deeply moving first novel...highly recommended --The Library Journal Raw, profane...a candidly moving portrayal of the average American soldier in Vietnam, who often found courage when he did not seek it--but little of anything else. --Chicago Sun-Times The day to day grind, beautifully and touchingly rendered by...a Vietnam veteran, is told with an unrelenting accumulation of detail. --The New York Times Book Review Bodey packs considerable emotional freight...into a style that remains deliberately supple, cool, and declarative...An impressive novel. --The Cleveland Plain Dealer A harrowing vividly written account of hell with a leavening of light moments. A revelation for one who wasn't there. Painful for those who were. -Bob Mason, author of CHICKENHAWK All Quiet on the Western Front drives its readers to the front of World War I. F.N.G helicopters its readers to a new front: Vietnam. -Bestsellers More info at www.DonBodey.com The Reflections of History Series from Modern History Press www.ModernHistoryPress.com (an Imprint of Loving Healing Press)

Biographie:
Don Bodey was a draftee mortarman in Vietnam. The idea, outpouring, for F.N.G. took root when he was washing dishes in a restaurant in Florida. Then, he earned a MFA in the writing program at University of Oregon. For the next few years he built houses in Oregon, taught university classes and bought a bar in Chicago. He now works as a carpenter in his native Indiana, where he lives, near his wife and son. Interviews and podcasts with the author can be found on www.DonBodey.com