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Smoky Joe's Cafe (editie 2001)

door Bryce Courtenay (Auteur)

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Thommo returns from Vietnam to an Australia that regards him as a mercenary guilty of war crimes. He begins to develop all kinds of physical and mental problems, and thinks it must only be him until he finds he is not alone. Ten mates, all who remain of his platoon who fought and died in the Battle of Long Tan, are affected the same way. Now Thommo and his mates are eleven angry men out for revenge. They rope in an ex-Viet Cong with 'special skills' and his own secret agenda. They're the 'Dirty Dozen', just like the movie. Only it's real life, and they're so screwed up they couldn't fight their way out of a wet paper bag. That is, until a woman of character steps in.… (meer)

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Lid:	Styok
Titel:	Smoky Joe's Cafe
Auteurs:	Bryce Courtenay (Auteur)
Info:	Penguin (2001), 256 pages
Verzamelingen:	Jouw bibliotheek, Aan het lezen, Te lezen, Favorieten
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I haven't read a lot of war related books so I can't really say where it is in that spectrum of books in that manner, but it painted a very hard hitting and sometimes harrowing picture of how the usage of chemical warfare had a lasting effect on anyone that had encountered it on all sides, as well as the emotional state of the soldiers upon return and how that affected them and their families. Was well written as all Bryce Courtenays books are but seemed much more of a political statement on the abysmal treatment of the Vietnan soldiers upon their return that just so happened to have a storyline in the background of it the whole plot climax and resolution hurriedly summed up in the last quarter of the book. Not bd by a long shot but definitely could have used more. (

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Enlightening account of the effect of the Vietnamese war on veterans and their families. (

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yosbooks | Apr 11, 2010 |

A really moving story about a Vietnam vetran's struggle to adjust to civilian life. (

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Thommo returns from Vietnam to an Australia that regards him as a mercenary guilty of war crimes. He begins to develop all kinds of physical and mental problems, and thinks it must only be him until he finds he is not alone. Ten mates, all who remain of his platoon who fought and died in the Battle of Long Tan, are affected the same way. Now Thommo and his mates are eleven angry men out for revenge. They rope in an ex-Viet Cong with 'special skills' and his own secret agenda. They're the 'Dirty Dozen', just like the movie. Only it's real life, and they're so screwed up they couldn't fight their way out of a wet paper bag. That is, until a woman of character steps in.

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