TY - BOOK AU - Dugoni,Robert TI - The world played chess: a novel SN - 9781542029377 AV - PS3604.U385 W67 2021 U1 - 813.6 23 PY - 2021///] CY - Seattle PB - Lake Union Publishing KW - Life KW - Fiction KW - High school graduates KW - Veterans KW - Fathers and sons KW - Life change events KW - fast KW - Bildungsromans KW - lcgft KW - Domestic fiction KW - Novels KW - Historical fiction N1 - Includes discussion questions; Includes bibliographical references N2 - "In 1979, Vincent Bianco has just graduated high school. His only desire: collect a little beer money and enjoy his final summer before college. So he lands a job as a laborer on a construction crew. Working alongside two Vietnam vets, one suffering from PTSD, Vincent gets the education of a lifetime. Now forty years later, with his own son leaving for college, the lessons of that summer--Vincent's last taste of innocence and first taste of real life--dramatically unfold in a novel about breaking away, shaping a life, and seeking one's own destiny"-- ER -