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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... house on the Mekong Delta, or even in his uncle's home in Saigon. “What do you want?” the girl said. She was very contemptuous of him. “I don't know,” he said. “Take off your clothes.” They took off their clothes and lay side by side.
... uncle or something?” “Is that the rumor?” “Perhaps I'm prying.” “Yes, he's my uncle. My father's brother.” “Fascinating.” “Sorry, Eddie. I don't like to admit it.” “But he's a great man.” “It's not that. I don't like to trade on his ...
... uncle's presence a shameful and girlish despair. How would he evolve into anyone as clear, as emphatic, as Colonel Francis Sands? Quite early on he'd recognized himself as weak and impressionable and had determined to find good heroes ...
... uncle that day in 1955, both recruiters had smiled, and Skip smiled too, but only because they smiled. The second man said, “If you're interested in a career with us, I think we can accommodate you.” They'd certainly done so. And here ...
... uncle dramatized the obvious. “Survival is the foundation of triumph,” Pitchfork said. “Who's on first?” the colonel asked. “But in the end,” Pitchfork said, “it's either liberty or death.” The colonel raised his empty glass to ...
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