Pettibone's Law: A Novel (Bluejacket Books) (1991)

by John Keene

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The story of Vietnam pilot Smilin' Jack Rawlins, told with cinematic shifts from war scenes to the present day, traces one man's--and one nation's--journey into the heart of darkness and their steps back into the light.

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1991

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Smiling Jack Rawlins

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California, USA

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The story of Vietnam pilot Smilin' Jack Rawlins, told with cinematic shifts from war scenes to the present day, traces one man's--and one nation's--journey into the heart of darkness and their steps back into the light.

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Smiling Jack joins the Marines out of boredom and contrives through flying, alcohol and drugs to ignore the wars within the war going on around him, until the pain and stupidity finally break through and he is forced to deal with life.

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