Tree of Smoke: A NovelFarrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007 M09 4 - 624 páginas Once upon a time there was a war . . . and a young American who thought of himself as the Quiet American and the Ugly American, and who wished to be neither, who wanted instead to be the Wise American, or the Good American, but who eventually came to witness himself as the Real American and finally as simply the Fucking American. That's me. |
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... Colonel, they caught him,” Sam told the officer. “His name is Oswald.” The colonel said, “What kind of name is that?”—apparently as outraged by the killer's name as by his atrocity. “Fucking sonofabitch,” Sam said. “The sonofabitch ...
... colonel said. “Vietnam. You lost?” “No, not lost,” the man said. “This guy,” the colonel said, “is already a jet pilot. He's a South Viet Nam Air Force captain.” Sam asked the young captain, “Well, is it a war over there, or what? War ...
... colonel's substantial arms and held on as if keeping him moored to the earth while he brought his surprise and grief under control. They sat at a table all morning and listened to the news reports. “For God's sake,” the colonel said ...
... colonel can do it,” he said. “One Weenston. One Lucky Strike.” “Excuse me. It's chilly tonight,” he said. He got up and put his clothes on. He stepped out front. From behind him he heard the small sounds of the young woman inside ...
... colonel seemed to grieve for his President again, because he said, “This world spits out a beautiful man like he was poison.” Minh had noticed you could talk to the colonel for a long time without recognizing he was drunk. He'd met the ...
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