One to Count Cadence by James Crumley

One to Count Cadence by James Crumley

The time: late summer, 1962. The place: Clark Air Force Base, the Philippines. Sergeant Jacob Slag Krummel, a scholar by intent but a warrior by breeding, assumes command of the 721st Communication Security Deteachment, an unsoldierly crew of bored, rebellious, whoring, foul-mouthed, drunken enlistees. Surviving military absurdities reminiscent of those in Catch-22 only to be shipped clandestinely to Vietnam, Krummel's band confront their worst fears while finally losing faith in America and its myths.

Powerful, scathingly funny, and eloquent, One to Count Cadence is a triumphant novel about manhood, anger, war, and lies.

James Crumley was born in Three Rivers, Texas, and grew up in South Texas for the majority of his life. After three years in the United States, He joined the English faculty at the University of Montana at Missoula after serving in the Army and earning degrees in history (BA, Texas College of Arts and Industries) and creative writing (MFA, University of Iowa). He also taught at a number of other universities across the country, including the University of Texas at El Paso, Colorado State University, Reed College, and Carnegie-Mellon University. One to Count Cadence is a Vietnam novel, while The Wrong Case, The Last Good Kiss, Dancing Bear, The Mexican Tree Duck, Bordersnakes, The Last Country, and The Right Madness are seven detective novels. In 2008, he died in Missoula.

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ISBN 13	9780394735597
ISBN 10	0394735595
Title	One to Count Cadence
Author	James Crumley
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	1987-05-12
Number of pages	352
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