Dirty work, a story from the railway series book duck and the diesel engine disambiguation page providing links to topics that could be referred to by the same search term this disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title dirty work. This gripping novel is not only one of the best books written about vietnam. We personally assess every book s quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. With this powerful, immensely affecting novel brown comes into his own as a writer of stature. A novel first edition, first printing by brown, larry isbn.
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With keely cat wells, claudinehelene aumord, marc ozall, stefano foster. Dirty work 1988 is the debut novel by american southern author larry brown. The author of such novels as dirty work 1989, joe 1991, father and. Larry browns prose is more like poetry and as free as dreams. The south of larry brown dirty work is a country devoid of genteel manners and magnolia trees.
They lost them in vietnam, along with other, more vital parts of themselves. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or. Walter james, a white veteran of the vietnam war, has just been admitted. The author of dirty work lj 789 scores tough points with this disturbing look at. A writers life, writer barry hannah, later one of the mans admirers, took a look at browns early work and thought to himself. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read dirty work.
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Dirty work is the story of two men, strangersone white, the other blac. Author interview larry brown, author of fay bookpage. Larry brown was born in lafayette county, mississippi, where he lived all his life. Read big bad love by larry brown for free with a 30 day free trial. Joe starts out by introducing us to a dirtfarm family, homeless and wandering and worn out. This is one of those books that i use to size up other people. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 368 pages and is available in paperback format. The first edition of the novel was published in 1980, and was written by larry brown. Dirty work makes the human cost of war achingly real. The following year, his first novel, dirty work, won national acclaim as a work of. But brown was taking a different approach, one probably dictated by the fact that he had shipped to his publisher. Hired to prove infidelity in an heiresss marriage, stone barrington goes undercover. In the fall of 2003, larry brown signed a new two book contract with the free press that included a 1 october 2004 deadline for submitting the first book.
Dirty work is indeed a dirty work of art that forces the reader to deal with some very tough questions and hard realities that face people in modern america. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. Dirty work s two main protagonists are both physically and mentally scarred vietnam veterans who share adjoining beds in a va hospital 22 years after their war. The first edition of the novel was published in 1989, and was written by larry brown. Most writers, myself included, tend to shower after interviews to wash away that lingering suspicion that some sort of transaction with the devil has taken place. The main characters of this fiction, war story are. Two vietnam vets, innocent victims of fate, find themselves side by side in a southern va hospital some 20 years after their time in country. The following year, his first novel, dirty work, won national acclaim as a work of uncompromising power and honesty. The novel takes place over a period of two days in a va. Buy a cheap copy of dirty work book by larry brown. Before he turned to writing fulltime, larry brown earned his living working as a fireman in oxford, mississippi. Throughout each chapter, larry brown creatively changes the narrator between the two main characters, which works magnificently. The writing, the characters, and the plot are so compelling that you cant help but stay with the book until its conclusion. Pdf dirty work by larry brown download pdf free ebook.
But the work turns dirtyand catastrophicwhen the errant husband is found dead and the other woman disappears without a trace. Dirty work dirty work is the story of two men, strangersone white, the other black. Larry brown has a way with his writing that takes you right under the skin of his characters. Brown spent most of the following year at home in lafayette county, writing the novel he planned to calla miracle of catfishand finishing his cabin.
The novel takes place over a period of two days in a va hospital. A struggling fashion designer takes on a job working as a personal shopper for a successful erotic novelist. Right away, i knew i wasnt dealing with an ordinary writer. When, after the publication of his second book, dirty work 1989, he quit his job. His deeply flawed characters generally lack money, education and a fair chance at the pursuit of happin. Things get steamy between them, but soon they will be confronted by someone who knows about their affair and wants to stop it. If youve read dirty work and you didnt love it, i wish you well but i doubt i want to know you.
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