When the Poor Boys Dance: The Odyssey of a Young Marine Hardcover - 1995

Lyford Books, CA, USA, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. First impression. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 242 pages. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Dust Jacket is in as new condition, apart from normal shop shelf wear - contains no tears or chips or other damage. A fine unread copy.. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. The horrifying ordeal of a nameless young Marine accidentally abandoned during a training exercise in the Mojave Desert forms the basis of this intense third novel (after Seven Six One) from Borden. As the Marine treks for days and miles in the brutal, arid heat, he sustains himself through imaginary conversations with his drill instructor, Sergeant Kline, and other superior officers. Increasingly, these talks fade into hallucinations in which the Marine relives the final moments of fellow leathernecks in great battles of the past-Belleau Wood, Iwo Jima, Korea, Vietnam-and of today and tomorrow. Fraught with relentless depictions of the fiery desert, the horrors of war and the courage of fighting men, Borden's narrative, though sometimes transparently manipulative, is more often genuinely stirring. The title comes from an aphorism voiced by Sergeant Kline's: "War is when the poor boys dance." Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Family & Relationships; Historical Fiction; United States; ISBN: 0891415459. ISBN/EAN: 9780891415459. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 9374. . 9780891415459