Highways to a War [electronic resource]
Christopher Koch2012
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The brilliant companion volume to OUT OF IRELAND. Winner of the 1996 Miles
Franklin Award. When Mike Langford, a war photographer with a reputation for
unusual risk-taking, disappears inside Cambodia, he becomes a mythic figure in
the minds of his friends. the search for him which is at the heart of this novel
explores the personal highways that led him to war, and to his ultimate fate. 'A
quite outstanding novel about the Indochina war, the best I have read since
Graham Greene's tHE QUIEt AMERICAN.' LItERARY REVIEW 'A subtle unfolding of
character and history camouflaged in battle-dress ... an absorbing portrait of
lives lived at the edges of terror and beauty. Koch is a powerful writer and
this is a fine book' - tHE tIMES ' A gripping tale, a convincing, page turning
evocation of recent history, full of compelling characters, tumultuous events
and just plain excitement' - tHE NEW YORK tIMES 'Magnificent ... in its humanity
and honesty, and the maturity of its storytelling...
Main title:
Highways to a War [electronic resource] / Christopher Koch
Author:
Christopher Koch, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : HarperCollins, 2012
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (528 pages)
Audience:
General/trade
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781743098424
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
433392
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