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I never thought id say this, but joseph heller, who ive long revered, no longer stands alone at the top. Oconnors standoffish second person narrative attempts to hold you at arms length, but his passages slash away with such cutting, acidic wit, the story gets in close anyway. Porters interests in socialism, poetry and literature, folklore, and general american and european history are also documented. Set on a luxuriously appointed and hopelessly corrupt army base in. Joseph patrick curry, army captain, 31, fort devens, mass. This movie is out there, real soldiers didnt do these things but neither did they in buster keatons the general or bill murrays stripes, but that doesnt make it any less funny.
With oconnor, its impossible not to, and thus buffalo soldiers is ultimately more meaningful. Oconnors book revolves around the idea that peace can be as deadly as war. Robert oconnor has 26 books on goodreads with 816 ratings. I was his student when buffalo soldiers was released. Indians called black soldiers buffalo soldiers, a trib ute to black. Art tirrell author of the secret ever keeps isbn 9781601640048 mar 2007 kunati.
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Citizens of erie county, new york who died while in the service of the united states during the world war. Set on a luxuriously appointed and hopelessly corrupt army base in mannheim, germany, where the soldiers prefer reallife race riots to mock combat, robert o connor s viciously funny novel is conclusive proof that peace is hell and the u. Robert, jordan, an american, goes to spain to fight in. Synopsis for the us army, peace is the continuation of war by other means. It was amazing to read this book when you know the man. Details the role played by african american soldiers, whom native americans called buffalo soldiers, in the wars of the nineteenth century.
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