The Names Of Rivers

(Hardback)

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By the author of the acclaimed Water in Darkness, this tightly crafted search for redemption and forgiveness within the shadows of a family's military past is set in a 1980s rustbelt town south of Chicago, and tells the story of Bruno Konick, an aged veteran haunted by his own actions in W.W.II; his son Bruce, an unemployed factory worker badly disfigured by the siege of Khe Sanh, his youngest son Len, just recovering from the heroin addiction he learned as a hospital corspman in Saigon; and his grandson Luke, dreaming of heroism in a post-Vietnam America.

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"...a remarkably exacting touch...Buckman is carving a niche for himself as an unblinking observer of the horrors of war, especially Vietnam." - Publishers Weekly "Buckman speaks for a new generation of soldiers who thought they were at peace." - Larry Heinemann, author of Paco's Story (winner of the National Book award)

Author Bio

Daniel Buckman served as a paratrooper with the US Army's 82nd Airborned Division. The critically-acclaimed author of Water in Darkness (currently available from Turnaround), he lives and works in Chicago.