- Hardcover: 148 pages
- Publisher: Robert Reed Publishers (Jan 1 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1885003439
- ISBN-13: 978-1885003430
- Product Dimensions: 23.7 x 16 x 2.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 417 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,311,495 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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AFTER THE FALL OF VIETNAM: NEW ADVENTURE NOVEL ABOUT A DRAFT DODGER'S JOURNEY THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
Few of us ever get to go back to the road not taken, but middle-aged draft dodger Frank Walsh does in the new novel Through the Picture Tube, by Patrick Grady. Twenty years after the end of the Viet Nam war, the man who still lives in Canada finds himself depressed and haunted - haunted by the loss of his wife, haunted by the death of his high school friend in a faraway jungle, and haunted by his own regrets. Seeking to find out what happened to his black friend, the only American killed in a village massacre, he begins an odyssey that forces him to come to grips with the moral dilemmas of war. At the same time, he finds new love with a beautiful Vietnamese woman as he unravels the mystery of what really happened on that fateful day in a long-forgotten village called Bien Lai. Through the Picture Tube is a revealing study of the war we watched on television and an examination of how our lives are forever changed by the choices we make.
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Twenty years after the Vietnam war is over, Frank Walsh, a middle-aged draft dodger from Toronto, who has just lost his wife, finds himself depressed and still haunted by the ghosts of a war he only knew from TV. He impulsively decides to go to Vietnam to try to discover
for himself what really happened to his high school buddy, the only American killed in the Bien Lai massacre. As Frank digs deeper into the past, he must come to grips with the moral dilemmas raised by the horrifying massacre of all of the inhabitants of this small village. At the same time he must come to terms with his own troubled conscience for having taken the easy way out.
for himself what really happened to his high school buddy, the only American killed in the Bien Lai massacre. As Frank digs deeper into the past, he must come to grips with the moral dilemmas raised by the horrifying massacre of all of the inhabitants of this small village. At the same time he must come to terms with his own troubled conscience for having taken the easy way out.
In the course of Frank's odyssey he encounters a present-day Vietnam that reveals the utter futility of the war, a war that America lost in its own soul.
This novel of self-discovery is filled with adventure and romance as well as the moral dilemmas of war. It takes the reader on a fascinating tour of Vietnam as it now is, which reveals the richness of Vietnamese culture and shows it to be much more than a former war zone.
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Five miles high on Vietnam Airlines flight 722 from Hong Kong to Hanoi sat Frank Walsh, watching reruns of his life on the TV of his mind. Read the first page
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Five miles high on Vietnam Airlines flight 722 from Hong Kong to Hanoi sat Frank Walsh, watching reruns of his life on the TV of his mind. Read the first page
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A terrific book!,
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This review is from: Through the Picture Tube (Hardcover)
This is a terrific book, both in style and content. It should be required reading for every Baby Boomer on the planet. This author is a gifted writer who can get to the real heart of the matter without drowning the reader in wordage.
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This review is from: Through the Picture Tube (Hardcover)
AFTER THE FALL OF VIETNAM: NEW ADVENTURE NOVEL ABOUT A DRAFT DODGER'S JOURNEY THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASSFew of us ever get to go back to the road not taken, but middle-aged draft dodger Frank Walsh does in the new novel Through the Picture Tube, by Patrick Grady. Twenty years after the end of the Viet Nam war, the man who still lives in Canada finds himself depressed and haunted - haunted by the loss of his wife, haunted by the death of his high school friend in a faraway jungle, and haunted by his own regrets. Seeking to find out what happened to his black friend, the only American killed in a village massacre, he begins an odyssey that forces him to come to grips with the moral dilemmas of war. At the same time, he finds new love with a beautiful Vietnamese woman as he unravels the mystery of really happened on that fateful day in a long-forgotten village called Bien Lai. Through the Picture Tube is a revealing study of the war we watched on television and an examination of how our lives are forever changed by the choices we make. Patrick Grady is an American draft dodger who still lives in Canada. His own experiences were chronicled in James Dickerson's book, North To Canada: Men and Women Against the Viet Nam War.
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A compelling story,
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This review is from: Through the Picture Tube (Hardcover)
AFTER THE FALL OF VIETNAM: NEW ADVENTURE NOVEL ABOUT A DRAFT DODGER'S JOURNEY THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASSFew of us ever get to go back to the road not taken, but middle-aged draft dodger Frank Walsh does in the new novel Through the Picture Tube, by Patrick Grady. Twenty years after the end of the Viet Nam war, the man who still lives in Canada finds himself depressed and haunted - haunted by the loss of his wife, haunted by the death of his high school friend in a faraway jungle, and haunted by his own regrets. Seeking to find out what happened to his black friend, the only American killed in a village massacre, he begins an odyssey that forces him to come to grips with the moral dilemmas of war. At the same time, he finds new love with a beautiful Vietnamese woman as he unravels the mystery of really happened on that fateful day in a long-forgotten village called Bien Lai. Through the Picture Tube is a revealing study of the war we watched on television and an examination of how our lives are forever changed by the choices we make. Patrick Grady is an American draft dodger who still lives in Canada. His own experiences were chronicled in James Dickerson's book, North To Canada: Men and Women Against the Viet Nam War. 2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A terrific book!,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Through the Picture Tube (Hardcover)
This is a terrific book, both in style and content. It should be required reading for every Baby Boomer on the planet. This author is a gifted writer who can get to the real heart of the matter without drowning the reader in wordage.
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