The Barracks Thief (Paper Only) by T Wolff

The Barracks Thief (Paper Only) by T Wolff

The Barracks Thief is the story of three young paratroopers waiting to be shipped out to Vietnam. Brought together one sweltering afternoon to stand guard over an ammunition dump threatened by a forest fire, they discover in each other an unexpected capacity for recklessness and violence. Far from being alarmed by this discovery, they are exhilarated by it; they emerge from their common danger full of confidence in their own manhood and in the bond of friendship they have formed.

This confidence is shaken when a series of thefts occur. The author embraces the perspectives of both the betrayer and the betrayed, forcing us to participate in lives that we might otherwise condemn, and to recognize the kinship of those lives to our own.

Tobias Wolff has written about his life in the acclaimed This Boy's Life and in In Pharoah's Army. Born in Alabama, he was raised in Salt Lake City and in the mountains above Seattle. He briefly attended prep school in Pennsylvania, then joined the U.S. Army in Vietnam. He thereafter took degrees at Oxford and Stanford. Since 1980 he has taught literature and writing at Syracuse University.

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ISBN 13	9780880010498
ISBN 10	0880010495
Title	The Barracks Thief (Paper Only)
Author	T Wolff
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	ECCO Press
Year published	2004-05-11
Number of pages	102
Prizes	Winner of PEN/Faulkner Award 1985
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.