In Pharaohs Army, Tobias Wolff
In Pharaohs Army, Tobias Wolff
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In Pharaoh's Army
Memories of the Lost War

Author: Tobias Wolff

Narrator: Michael Kramer

Unabridged: 5 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/18/2019


Synopsis

Whether he is evoking the blind carnage of the Tet offensive, the theatrics of his fellow Americans, or the unraveling of his own illusions, Wolff brings to this work the same uncanny eye for detail, pitiless candor and mordant wit that made This Boy's Life a modern classic.

About The Author

Tobias Wolff lives in Northern California and teaches at Stanford University. He has received the Rea Award for excellence in the short story, a Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and the PEN/Faulkner Award.Michael Kramer is an actor, director, and narrator. He has recorded more than 100 audiobooks, as well as titles for the Library of Congress Talking Books program. Among the recognition he has garnered for his narration are AudioFile magazine’s Earphones Award and the Torgi Award. Mr. Kramer lives in Washington, DC, where he is active in the area’s theater scene, and has appeared in productions at the Shakespeare Theatre, the Kennedy Center, and Theater J.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Ian on September 29, 2024

CRITIQUE: "Completing the Whole Tour" This memoir is a sequel to Wolff's first memoir, "This Boy's Life". The first book focuses on Toby's relationship with his mother, while the second pays much more attention to his divorced father, who was living alone in San Francisco at the time, mostly funded......more

Goodreads review by Eric_W on August 21, 2009

In this extraordinary memoir of Wolff’s Vietnam experience, there is a haunting scene that reveals the major cultural differences between the American soldiers and Vietnamese culture. Wolff was a first lieutenant (he was a special forces member) assigned as an adviser to a South Vietnamese unit. He......more

Goodreads review by Deacon Tom on April 15, 2021

The boomers who lived through the Vietnam era, this book it’s very close to Nurse and it starts really in accurately underscores the real problem is those days. Many won’t understand how difficult it is for young man as a second lieutenant and no leader ship skills was put them self in charge of a gr......more


Awards

  • National Book Awards