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In a Mississippi farming town at the height of World War II, Dan Timms waits to be drafted into the military, while dealing with his father's recent suicide, the grieving guilt of his mother, the racism of the region that threatens his co-worker L. C., and his friend, Marty Stark, returned from the battlefield to guard the German prisoners who work the local farms. 20,000 first printing.
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"The highest kind of art, full of subtlety and sensitivity. "Dallas Morning News"
"Yarbrough writes with quiet compassion . . . [about] what it means to be American, and all the unexpected and often unwarranted sacrifices that identity might comprise." "The New York Times Book Review
" In this powerful, understated novel, [Yarbrough] finds a way to describe how fleeting moments between people slowly accrue and gather the heaviness of fate. "The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Vivid and dramatic. . . . Prisoners of War" "is smart and entertaining. "San Francisco Chronicle"
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" Yarbrough has created a timely war novel that is refreshingly unpredictable yet as comfortable as an old boot. "The Oregonian""
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"Yarbrough writes with quiet compassion . . . [about] what it means to be American, and all the unexpected and often unwarranted sacrifices that identity might comprise." "The New York Times Book Review
" In this powerful, understated novel, [Yarbrough] finds a way to describe how fleeting moments between people slowly accrue and gather the heaviness of fate. "The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Vivid and dramatic. . . . Prisoners of War" "is smart and entertaining. "San Francisco Chronicle"
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" Yarbrough has created a timely war novel that is refreshingly unpredictable yet as comfortable as an old boot. "The Oregonian""
Steve Yarbrough’s honors include the Mississippi Authors Award, the California Book Award, and a third from the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters. The author of two previous novels and three collections of stories, he is a native of the Delta town of Indianola and now lives in Fresno, California.
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- PublisherAlfred a Knopf Inc
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 0375414789
- ISBN 13 9780375414787
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