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Title:
The world played chess
ISBN:
9781638086390
Edition:
Center Point Large Print edition.
Physical Description:
496 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
General Note:
Regular print version previously published by Amazon Publishing.

Includes book club discussion questions and author's acknowledgements note with background information.
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Summary:
"In 1979, Vincent Bianco has just graduated high school. His only desire: collect a little beer money and enjoy his final summer before college. So he lands a job as a laborer on a construction crew. Working alongside two Vietnam vets, one suffering from PTSD, Vincent gets the education of a lifetime. Now forty years later, with his own son leaving for college, the lessons of that summer - Vincent's last taste of innocence and first taste of real life - dramatically unfold in a novel about breaking away, shaping a life, and seeking one's own destiny."--
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