The world played chess : a novel / Robert Dugoni.
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TextPublisher: Seattle : Lake Union Publishing, [2021]Edition: First editionDescription: 369 pages ; 22 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781542029377; 1542029376; 9781542029391; 1542029392Subject(s): Life -- Fiction | High school graduates -- Fiction | Veterans -- Fiction | Fathers and sons -- Fiction | Life change events -- Fiction | Fathers and sons | High school graduates | Life | Life change events | VeteransGenre/Form: Bildungsromans. | Domestic fiction. | Novels. | Historical fiction. | Bildungsromans. | Fiction. DDC classification: 813.6 LOC classification: PS3604.U385 | W67 2021Summary: "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"-- Provided by publisher
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"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"-- Provided by publisher
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