This magnificent desolation : a novel

O'Malley, Thomas 1967- (Author).

Summary: Possessing no memories of his life before entering an orphanage, young Duncan recites fantastical stories about his origins and is astonished when his singer mother claims him into an adult world of hazy bars and a salty Vietnam veteran lover.

Item details

ISBN: 9781608192793 (hbk.)
ISBN: 1608192792 (hbk.)
Physical Description: print
405 p. ; 25 cm.
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: New York : Bloomsbury USA, 2013.

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Abandoned children Fiction
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Veterans Fiction
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San Francisco (Calif.) Fiction

Genre:

Psychological fiction.

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