O'BRIEN, Tim.

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If I Die in a Combat Zone, Box Me Up and Ship Me Home. First edition, signed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Best wishes, Tim O'Brien". O'Brien's first book, the memoir recalls his experiences of a tour of duty in the Vietnam War."The memoir, told in 23 chapters more thematically linked than connected by plot, contains the elements that would make O'Brien's fiction so recognizable: alternating scenes of intense description and introspection, the ironic juxtaposition of images, observations that blend fact and fiction" (Smith, p. 26).

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