Tim O'Brien: A Critical Companion

Tim O'Brien: A Critical Companion
ISBN-10
0313330557
ISBN-13
9780313330551
Category
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Pages
181
Language
English
Published
2005
Publisher
Greenwood Publishing Group
Author
Patrick A. Smith

Description

Critiques such novels as "Northern Lights," "The Nuclear Age," and "In the Lake of the Woods," while providing biographical information about the author.

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