Dirty Work
Dirty Work is the story of two men, strangers—one white, the other black. Both were born and raised in Mississippi. Both fought in Vietnam. Both were gravely wounded. Now, twenty-two years later, the two men lie in adjacent beds in a VA hospital.Over the course of a day and a night, Walter James...
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Dirty Work is the story of two men, strangers—one white, the other black. Both were born and raised in Mississippi. Both fought in Vietnam. Both were gravely wounded. Now, twenty-two years later, the two men lie in adjacent beds in a VA hospital.Over the course of a day and a night, Walter James and Braiden Chaney talk of memories, of passions, of fate.With great vision, humor, and courage, Brown writes mostly about love in a story about the waste of war.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781565125636 (1565125630)
Publish date: March 30th 2007
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Pages no: 247
Edition language: English
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