{"product_id":"sympathy-for-the-devil-paperback","title":"Sympathy for the Devil - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Morrell\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by), \u003cb\u003eKent Anderson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKent Anderson's stunning debut novel is a modern classic, a harrowing, authentic picture of one American soldier's experience of the Vietnam War--\"unlike anything else in war literature\" (\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHanson joins the Green Berets fresh out of college. Carrying a volume of Yeats's poems in his uniform pocket, he has no idea of what he's about to face in Vietnam--from the enemy, from his fellow soldiers, or within himself. In vivid, nightmarish, and finely etched prose, Kent Anderson takes us through Hanson's two tours of duty and a bitter, ill-fated return to civilian life in-between, capturing the day-to-day process of war like no writer before or since.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKent Anderson\u003c\/b\u003e is a U.S. Special Forces veteran who served in Vietnam and a former police officer in Portland, Oregon, and Oakland, California. With an MFA in creative writing from the University of Montana, he has taught college-level English and written screenplays. His two other novels, \u003ci\u003eNight Dogs \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eGreen Sun\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e both feature Hanson. Anderson may be the only person in U.S. history to have won two NEA grants for creative writing as well as two Bronze Stars. He lives in New Mexico\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 30, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42724295278655,"sku":"9780316489485","price":20.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/aa861a774b6343714e07e99983cc2acc.webp?v=1765102183","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/sympathy-for-the-devil-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}