Water In Darkness

(Paperback, New edition)

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Now in paperback, Daniel Buckman's acclaimed debut novel tells the story of a young soldier, haunted by his father's death in Vietnam, who returns to Watega, Illinois only to discvoer the same frustrated America that had forced him into the Army. he quickly drifts north to Chicago, where he meets Danny Morrison, a dispossessed Vietnam Veteran, who becomes a surrogate father for Jack Tyne, pulling him into the dark heart of a violent national culture.

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"A superb novel...speaks for a new, young generation of soldiers who thought they were at peace." - Larry Heinemann (winner of the National Book Award); "Filled with sour truths." - Publishers Weekly

Author Bio

Daniel Buckman served as a paratrooper with the US Army's 82nd Airborne Division and attended the University of Illinois. His previous novel was The Names of Rivers (currently available from Turnaround). He lives and works in Chicago.