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The Suicide Run; Five Tales of the Marine Corps

The Suicide Run; Five Tales of the Marine Corps

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The Suicide Run; Five Tales of the Marine Corps

by Styron, William

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9781400068227
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New York: Random House 978-1-4000-6822-7 [978-1-4000-6822-7] 2009, 1st edition. (Hardcover) 194pp. Near fine in fine dust jacket. A remainder mark on the bottom edge. "Before writing his memoir of madness, Darkness Visible, William Styron was best known for his ambitious works of fiction... Perhaps the last volume from one of literature's greatest voices, the Suicide Run brings to life the drama, inhumanity, absurdity, and heroism that forever changed the men who served in the Marine Corps". (Fiction, Marine Corps, Short Stories, Soldiers).

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William Styron (1925-2006) , a native of the Virginia Tidewater, was a graduate of Duke University and a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps. His books include Lie Down in Darkness, The Long March, Set This House on Fire, The Confessions of Nat Turner, Sophie’s Choice, This Quiet Dust, Darkness Visible , and A Tidewater Morning . He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, the Howells Medal, the American Book Award, the Légion d’Honneur, and the Witness to Justice Award from the Auschwitz Jewish Center Foundation. With his wife, the poet and activist Rose Styron, he lived for most of his adult life in Roxbury, Connecticut, and in Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts, where he is buried. From the Hardcover edition.

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Bookseller
Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB CA (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
The Suicide Run; Five Tales of the Marine Corps
Author
Styron, William
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used
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ISBN 10
1400068223
ISBN 13
9781400068227
Publisher
Random House 978-1-4000-6822-7
Place of Publication
New York
This edition first published
2009-10-06
Keywords
Fiction, Marine Corps, Short Stories, Soldiers
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