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Paco's Story
Paco's Story
Author: Larry Heinemann
Paco Sullivan is the only man in Alpha Company to survive a cataclysmic Vietcong attack on Fire Base Harriette in Vietnam. Everyone else is annihilated. When a medic finally rescues him almost two days later, Paco is waiting to die, flies and maggots covering his burnt, shattered body. He winds up back in the U.S. with his legs full of pins, dai...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780140100853
ISBN-10: 0140100857
Publication Date: 11/3/1987
Pages: 209
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3.9 stars, based on 7 ratings
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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SanJoseCa avatar reviewed Paco's Story on + 328 more book reviews
This novel is about an American solder's experience in Vietnam and about his efforts to adjust to 'normal' life back home. The soldier, Paco is haunted by the ghosts of his dead comrades and these ghosts provide the novel's narrative voice.
This is a heartbreaking story and a reminder to us that we should never forget about the soldiers that serve our country.
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a strange little novel of a veteran and his non-adjustment to being a civilian


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