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The Life of Kim and the Behavior of Men: Human Bondage in the After-market of War
Paperback
General FictionLiterary Fiction
Publisher Price: $22.95
ISBN13: 9781956440799
Publisher: Madville Publishing LLC
Published: Jul 16 2024
Pages: 302
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.75 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Awards: Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards
Winner of FIVE AWARDS in 2024
1 Silver Award, Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY), 2025, Military/Wartime Fiction
2 Honorable Mention, Forward Indies 2024, War and Military Fiction
3 Finalist, American Fiction Awards, American Book Fest, 2024, Military Fiction
4 Finalist, Author of the Year 2025, International Impact Book Awards
5 Winner, International Impact Awards, June 2024, Contemporary Fiction
In 1970, Second Lieutenant Thomas Jefferson Hobbes, fresh out of college and ROTC, finds himself sent to South Korea instead of the expected Vietnam. His arrival at Kimpo Air Base turns his destiny from a war zone to another face of warfare, the destructive interactions between soldiers and camp followers, aka men and women, that are a part of conquest and occupation throughout history and around the world. Utterly unprepared, he follows trails and carves his own, his soul and sense of humanity falling to levels of hell that even Dante would find daunting.
A beautiful young Korean working girl, known only as Miss Kim, becomes Hobbes's partner and his guide into deception and danger. Pushing through his 13-month tour, he becomes a part of the thoughtless, predatory subculture that binds him to the love of his life, but at an impossible price.
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