The Lieutenant
A Novel
Andre Dubus's controversial debut: A revealing novel of men at war-with themselves At sea aboard a Navy aircraft carrier, Lieutenant Daniel Tierney finds himself in direct command of his Marine Corps detachment for the first time. Soon, a minor infraction committed by promising young PFC Ted Freeman has expanded into a thorough investigation of initiation rituals and homosexual activity on the ship. Torn between his desire to protect Freeman and his obligation to safeguard the Marines' reputation, Tierney must come to terms with the diminishment of his faith in a system he had once idealized. Dubus's sole novel, The Lieutenant exposes the cu…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-4532-9954-8
- EAN: 9781453299548
- Produktnummer: 19297575
- Verlag: Open Road Media
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
- Seitenangabe: 189 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 4'726 KB
Über den Autor
Award-winning author Andre Dubus (1936-1999) has been hailed as one of the best American short story writers of the twentieth century. Dubus's collections of short fiction include Separate Flights (1975), Adultery & Other Choices (1977), and Dancing After Hours (1996), which was a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist. Another collection, Finding a Girl in America, features the story Killings, which was adapted into the critically acclaimed film In the Bedroom (2001), starring Sissy Spacek, Tom Wilkinson, and Marisa Tomei.
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