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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Vintage Books
Publication date
April 12, 2005
Pages
209
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Reprint
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9781400076833
ISBN-10
1400076838
Dimensions
0.75 by 5.25 by 8 in.
Weight
0.52 lbs.
Original list price
$14.95
Amazon.com says people who bought this book also bought:
The Things They Carried | Dispatches | The Throwback Special | A Rumor of War | The Sorrow of War | The Quiet American | Fortune Smiles | Fields of Fire | Close Quarters
The Things They Carried | Dispatches | The Throwback Special | A Rumor of War | The Sorrow of War | The Quiet American | Fortune Smiles | Fields of Fire | Close Quarters
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
This National Book Award-winning novel focuses on Paco Sullivan, the traumatized lone survivor of a massacre by the Viet Cong in Vietnam, who travels back to the United States, becomes a dishwasher in a short-order restaurant, and is haunted by the ghosts of the men killed in battle. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Paco Sullivan is the only man in Alpha Company to survive a cataclysmic Viet Cong attack on Fire Base Harriette in Vietnam. Everyone else is annihilated. When a medic finally rescues Paco almost two days later, he is waiting to die, flies and maggots covering his burnt, shattered body. He winds up back in the US with his legs full of pins, daily rations of Librium and Valium, and no sense of what to do next. One evening, on the tail of a rainstorm, he limps off the bus and into the small town of Boone, determined to find a real job and a real bedâbut no matter how hard he works, nothing muffles the anguish in his mind and body. Brilliantly and vividly written, Pacoâs Storyâwinner of a National Book Awardâplunges you into the violence and casual cruelty of the Vietnam War, and the ghostly aftermath that often dealt the harshest blows.
Editions
Hardcover
from Farrar Straus & Giroux (November 1, 1986); titled "Paco's Story"
9780374228477 | details & prices | List price $15.95
About: This novel focuses on Paco Sullivan, the lone survivor of a massacre in Vietnam, who travels back to the United States, becomes a dishwasher in a short-order restaurant, and is haunted by the ghosts of the men killed in battle
About: This novel focuses on Paco Sullivan, the lone survivor of a massacre in Vietnam, who travels back to the United States, becomes a dishwasher in a short-order restaurant, and is haunted by the ghosts of the men killed in battle
Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
Reprint edition from Vintage Books (April 12, 2005); titled "Paco's Story"
9781400076833 | details & prices | 209 pages | 5.25 × 8.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.52 lbs | List price $14.95
About: This National Book Award-winning novel focuses on Paco Sullivan, the traumatized lone survivor of a massacre by the Viet Cong in Vietnam, who travels back to the United States, becomes a dishwasher in a short-order restaurant, and is haunted by the ghosts of the men killed in battle.
About: This National Book Award-winning novel focuses on Paco Sullivan, the traumatized lone survivor of a massacre by the Viet Cong in Vietnam, who travels back to the United States, becomes a dishwasher in a short-order restaurant, and is haunted by the ghosts of the men killed in battle.
Reprint edition from Viking Pr (October 1, 1989); titled "Paco's Story"
9780140127614 | details & prices | 5.00 × 7.75 × 0.50 in. | 0.35 lbs | List price $11.95
About: This novel focuses on Paco Sullivan, the lone survivor of a massacre in Vietnam, who travels back to the United States, becomes a dishwasher in a short-order restaurant, and is haunted by the ghosts of the men killed in battle
About: This novel focuses on Paco Sullivan, the lone survivor of a massacre in Vietnam, who travels back to the United States, becomes a dishwasher in a short-order restaurant, and is haunted by the ghosts of the men killed in battle
CD/Spoken Word
With Richard Ferrone (other contributor) |
Unabridged edition from Blackstone Audio Inc (August 1, 2006); titled "Paco's Story"
9780786172788 | details & prices | 5.50 × 5.75 × 0.75 in. | 0.35 lbs | List price $25.95
About: Paco Sullivan, the lone survivor of a massacre in Vietnam, travels back to the United States, becomes a dishwasher in a short-order restaurant, and is haunted by the ghosts of the men killed in battle.
About: Paco Sullivan, the lone survivor of a massacre in Vietnam, travels back to the United States, becomes a dishwasher in a short-order restaurant, and is haunted by the ghosts of the men killed in battle.
Cassette/Spoken Word
With Richard Ferrone (other contributor) |
Unabridged edition from Blackstone Audio Inc (August 1, 2006); titled "Paco's Story"
9780786144761 | details & prices | 4.50 × 6.25 × 2.75 in. | 0.50 lbs | List price $25.95
About: Paco Sullivan, the lone survivor of a massacre in Vietnam, travels back to the United States, becomes a dishwasher in a short-order restaurant, and is haunted by the ghosts of the men killed in battle.
About: Paco Sullivan, the lone survivor of a massacre in Vietnam, travels back to the United States, becomes a dishwasher in a short-order restaurant, and is haunted by the ghosts of the men killed in battle.
from Amer Audio Prose Library Inc (September 1, 1988); titled "Paco's Story"
9781556442988 | details & prices | 3.75 × 5.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.15 lbs | List price $13.95
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