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In Pharaoh's Army: Memories of the Lost War

by Tobias Wolff · 1994

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Whether he is evoking the blind carnage of the Tet offensive, the theatrics of his fellow Americans, or the unraveling of his own illusions, Wolff brings to this work the same uncanny eye for detail, pitiless candor and mordant wit that made This Boy's Life a modern classic.

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war and militarywar and militaryMore like thisLess of thisliterary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of this
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20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of thisAsiaAsiaMore like thisLess of thisUSAUSAMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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medium · 240 pages
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