The World Played Chess
A Novel
by Robert Dugoni
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Recommended by 1 source.
In 1979, Vincent Bianco has just graduated high school. His only desire: collect a little beer money and enjoy his final summer before college. So he lands a job as a laborer on a construction crew. Working alongside two Vietnam vets, one suffering from PTSD, Vincent gets the education of a lifetime. Now forty years later, with his own son leaving ...
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Scott Monty
“@jsprawka Totally. Currently reading The World Played Chess, and it references a journal kept by a Vietnam veteran. After any difficult civilian experience, he said, "We didn't lose anyone." Which was vastly different than his combat experience...”
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