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This latest from the Pulitzer Prize-winning Butler (A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain) astutely reveals the Vietnam War's continuing impact on America through two families: that of protagonist Robert Quinlan, who served in Vietnam to please a World War II-proud father estranged from his second son, war protester Jimmy, and that of Bob, a homeless man haunted by his violent father, himself troubled by Vietnam. Robert, whose marri...Log In or Sign Up to Read More