Sequel to The Big Buddha Bicycle Race
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Terence A. Harkin was awarded the 2020 Silver Medal in Literary Fiction from the Military Writers Society of America for his debut novel, The Big Buddha Bicycle Race. During the Vietnam War he served with the “Rat Pack,” the USAF photo unit operating out of Ubon, Thailand. He has returned often to Thailand and Laos.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Cameraman Brendan Leary survived the ambush of the Big Buddha Bicycle Racebut Tukada, his star-crossed lover, did not. Numb, Leary returns to combat, flying night operations over the mountains of Laos. When his gunship is shot down, he survives again, hiking out of the jungle with Harley Baker, the guitar-playing door gunner he loves and hates. Leary is discharged but remains in Thailand, ordaining as a Buddhist monk and embarking on a pilgrimage through the wastelands of Laos, haunted by what Thais call pii tai hongthe restless, unhappy ghosts of his doomed crewmates. This story of healing and redemption honors three groups missing from accounts of the Vietnam Warthe air commandos who risked death flying nightly over the Ho Chi Minh Trail, the active-duty airmen who risked prison by joining the GI antiwar movement, and the people of neutral Laos, whose lives and country were devastated. This story of healing and redemption honors three groups missing from accounts of the Vietnam Warthe air commandos who risked death flying nightly over the Ho Chi Minh Trail, the active-duty airmen who risked prison by joining the GI antiwar movement, and the people of neutral Laos, whose lives and country were devastated. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9786162151767
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Cameraman Brendan Leary survived the ambush of the Big Buddha Bicycle Racebut Tukada, his star-crossed lover, did not. Numb, Leary returns to combat, flying night operations over the mountains of Laos. When his gunship is shot down, he survives again, hiking out of the jungle with Harley Baker, the guitar-playing door gunner he loves and hates. Leary is discharged but remains in Thailand, ordaining as a Buddhist monk and embarking on a pilgrimage through the wastelands of Laos, haunted by what Thais call pii tai hongthe restless, unhappy ghosts of his doomed crewmates. This story of healing and redemption honors three groups missing from accounts of the Vietnam Warthe air commandos who risked death flying nightly over the Ho Chi Minh Trail, the active-duty airmen who risked prison by joining the GI antiwar movement, and the people of neutral Laos, whose lives and country were devastated. This story of healing and redemption honors three groups missing from accounts of the Vietnam Warthe air commandos who risked death flying nightly over the Ho Chi Minh Trail, the active-duty airmen who risked prison by joining the GI antiwar movement, and the people of neutral Laos, whose lives and country were devastated. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9786162151767
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Kartoniert / Broschiert. Condition: New. Über den AutorTerence A. Harkin was awarded the 2020 Silver Medal in Literary Fiction from the Military Writers Society of America for his debut novel, The Big Buddha Bicycle Race. During the Vietnam War he served w. Seller Inventory # 556251121
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