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Such a lovely little war : Saigon 1961-63

Truong, Marcelino2016
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This graphic memoir tells the story of the early years of the Vietnam war as seen through the eyes of a young boy named Marco, the son of a Vietnamese diplomat and his French wife. The book opens in America, where the boy's father works for the South Vietnam embassy; there the boy is made to feel self-conscious about his otherness thanks to schoolmates who play war games against the so-called 'Commies.' The family is called back to Saigon in 1961, where the father becomes Prime Minister Ngo Dinh Diem's personal interpreter; as the growing conflict between North and South intensifies, so does turmoil within Marco's family, as his mother struggles to grapple with bipolar disorder.
Main title:
Such a lovely little war : Saigon 1961-63 / Marcelino Truong ; translated by David Homel.
Author:
Truong, Marcelino, author, artistHomel, David, translator
Imprint:
Vancouver, BC : Arsenal Pulp Press, [2016]©2016
Collation:
271 pages : chiefly illustrations (colour) ; 23 cm
Notes:
Translated from the French.
ISBN:
9781551526478 (pbk. :)
Language:
EnglishFrench
BRN:
2513577
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