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hermetic

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Reply to dameatball (Reply #16)

Sun Dec 30, 2018, 01:35 PM

Dec 2018

"Many American boys went into World War II, and each one lived their own nightmare, critically shaped by what they experienced. Told with gritty authenticity, Donn Pearce captures the very essence of what it means to be caught under the worst circumstances imaginable, while having the strength and humanity to rise above them."

Pearce also wrote Cool Hand Luke.

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What Fiction are you reading this week, December 30, 2018? [View all] hermetic Dec 2018 OP

I know what the wiggly cat is going to do - akraven Dec 2018 #1

That's great hermetic Dec 2018 #3

I haven't been able to get to the bookstore in a couple of weeks. akraven Dec 2018 #4

Thank you for Obama's list! Ohiogal Dec 2018 #2

Yep, light. hermetic Dec 2018 #6

Thank you Ohiogal Dec 2018 #9

"A Gentleman in Moscow" is such a wonderful book. murielm99 Dec 2018 #21

I am reading The Afterlives by Pierce trixie2 Dec 2018 #5

Oh wow hermetic Dec 2018 #7

I am enjoying it trixie2 Dec 2018 #10

Yeah hermetic Dec 2018 #12

Baldacci and patterson Timewas Dec 2018 #8

Some new ones there. hermetic Dec 2018 #11

I burned out on Patterson awhile ago. murielm99 Dec 2018 #20

Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich KPN Dec 2018 #13

I love her writing hermetic Dec 2018 #15

Good to know. I'm about halfway through. KPN Dec 2018 #28

Continuing with book two of Wheel of Time "The Great Hunt" TexasProgresive Dec 2018 #14

Oh I do, I do hermetic Dec 2018 #17

"Nobody Comes Back" by Donn Pearce dameatball Dec 2018 #16

Sad hermetic Dec 2018 #18

Yes indeed. I was browsing online and found this book. When I found out he also wrote "Cool Hand dameatball Dec 2018 #19

I am reading "The Fireman," murielm99 Dec 2018 #22

Mmmm hermetic Dec 2018 #23

Lethal White by Robert Galbraith (J. K. Rowling) dlk Dec 2018 #24

Enjoying it? hermetic Dec 2018 #25

I read non-fiction 99% of the time katmondoo Dec 2018 #26

You are always welcome to post here what non fiction you are reading. PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2019 #44

Joe Ide, Mark de Castrique, Linwood Barclay matt819 Dec 2018 #27

Found a little about Joe hermetic Dec 2018 #29

I figured he had to have grown up there matt819 Dec 2018 #30

I'm also reading Lethal White PennyK Dec 2018 #31

Glad to hear hermetic Dec 2018 #34

Seven new James Patterson's Bayard Dec 2018 #32

Can't beat that hermetic Dec 2018 #35

The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith (J.K. Rowling) meatwitheyes Dec 2018 #33

Welcome to DU hermetic Dec 2018 #36

Happy New Year to all. Thank you to hermetic for the weekly thread, which I always japple Dec 2018 #37

Motherlode indeed! hermetic Dec 2018 #38

Missoula is awesome. I want to move to Helena, but cannot for the same reasons you stated. japple Dec 2018 #39

That would be marvelous. hermetic Dec 2018 #40

An American Marriage. Tayari Jones mainstreetonce Jan 2019 #41

That really does sound impressive hermetic Jan 2019 #42

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Just finished "The Fated Sky" by Mary Robinette Kowal. PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2019 #45

Congrats on 117! hermetic Jan 2019 #46