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Sixty-eight-year-old David has a brain tumor that he attributes to Agent Orange exposure. He wakes up from surgery repeating the name of a Native American soldier whom he was once ordered to discipline, and decides to return something precious he long ago stole from that man.

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Main Author: Quick, Matthew, 1973- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, N. Y. : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2017]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Veterans > Fiction.
Brain > Tumors > Fiction.
Wives > Death > Fiction.
Agent Orange > Fiction.
Health > Psychological aspects > Fiction.
Psychological fiction.
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Summary:Sixty-eight-year-old David has a brain tumor that he attributes to Agent Orange exposure. He wakes up from surgery repeating the name of a Native American soldier whom he was once ordered to discipline, and decides to return something precious he long ago stole from that man.
Physical Description:226 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:9780062424303
0062424300
Author Notes:Matthew Quick graduated with a double-majored in English and secondary education from La Salle University in 1996. He taught literature and film at Haddonfield Memorial High School in New Jersey for several years, before leaving in 2004 to become a fiction writer. He received his Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Goddard College in 2007. He writes for young adults and adults. His young adult books include Sorta Like a Rock Star, Boy21, and Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock. His adult books include The Silver Linings Playbook, which was made into an Oscar-winning film, and The Good Luck of Right Now.

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