Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley door pickup 10am - 7pm 3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611

  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
The Suicide Run: Five Tales of the Marine Corps

The Suicide Run: Five Tales of the Marine Corps

Styron, William

Paperback

General FictionLiterary Fiction

ISBN10: 0812980247
ISBN13: 9780812980240
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: Sep 14 2010
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.40
Height: 0.57 Width: 5.28 Depth: 8.12
Language: English
The Suicide Run collects five of William Styron's meticulously rendered narratives based on his real-life experiences as a U.S. Marine. In Blankenship, Styron draws on his stint as a guard at a stateside military prison at the end of World War II. Marriott, the Marine and The Suicide Run--which Styron composed as part of an intended novel that he set aside to write Sophie's Choice--depict the surreal experience of being conscripted a second time, after World War II, to serve in the Korean War. My Father's House captures the frustration of a soldier trying to become a civilian again. In Elobey, Annobón, and Corisco, a soldier attempts to exorcise the dread of an approaching battle by daydreaming about far-off islands, visited vicariously through his childhood stamp collection.

Perhaps the last volume from one of literature's greatest voices, The Suicide Run brings to life the drama, absurdity, and heroism that forever changed the men who served in the Marine Corps.

Also from

Styron, William

View All

Also in

General Fiction

View All