Pearl of Kuwait - Couverture rigide

Paine, Tom

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0151005184 ISBN 13 : 9780151005185

Editeur : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2003

Synopsis

He's California surfer Cody "Cowboy" Carmichael, and his life is forever changed when he meets Private Tommy Trang at boot camp. Trang is not your typical American patriot--his mother was a Saigon prostitute, his father a dead U.S. marine, and Trang's heart soon belongs to a sixteen-year-old Kuwaiti princess trapped behind the lines when the Iraqis invade her country. Together, the two marines are ready to wave the American flag all the way to Baghdad, or at least into occupied Kuwait, to rescue Princess Lulu. During the exciting, moving, and often hilarious account of these two AWOL marines sneaking through the Iraqi lines, the mellow Carmichael gets to know the heart of Pvt. Tommy Trang, and discovers a new brand of patriotism that is gripping, contagious, and as deep as life itself.
A powerful first novel by an award-winning writer, The Pearl of Kuwait is Romeo and Juliet meets Lawrence of Arabia. Tom Paine has created an enthralling, joyful, and original story with the classic ingredients of love and war.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

He's California surfer Cody "Cowboy" Carmichael, and his life is forever changed when he meets Private Tommy Trang at boot camp. Trang is not your typical American patriot--his mother was a Saigon prostitute, his father a dead U.S. marine, and Trang's heart soon belongs to a sixteen-year-old Kuwaiti princess trapped behind the lines when the Iraqis invade her country. Together, the two marines are ready to wave the American flag all the way to Baghdad, or at least into occupied Kuwait, to rescue Princess Lulu. During the exciting, moving, and often hilarious account of these two AWOL marines sneaking through the Iraqi lines, the mellow Carmichael gets to know the heart of Pvt. Tommy Trang, and discovers a new brand of patriotism that is gripping, contagious, and as deep as life itself.
A powerful first novel by an award-winning writer, The Pearl of Kuwait is Romeo and Juliet meets Lawrence of Arabia. Tom Paine has created an enthralling, joyful, and original story with the classic ingredients of love and war.

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PRAISE FOR SCAR VEGAS

"Savage, beautiful, whimsical, restless, inspired, heroic, new."--Rick Moody, author of The Ice Storm

"A virtuoso collection . . . A bold and original first book rendered for the most part at breakneck speed."--Joyce Carol Oates, The New York Review of Books

"Arresting . . . In each of [the stories], the author immediately establishes an extreme situation that rivets your attention."--Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, The New York Times

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0151005184
• ISBN 13: 9780151005185
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible