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The Barracks Thief is the story of three young paratroopers waiting to be shipped out to Vietnam. Brought together one sweltering afternoon to stand guard over an ammunition dump threatened by a forest fire, they discover in each other an unexpected capacity for recklessness and violence. Far from being alarmed by this discovery, they are exhilarated by it; they emerge from their common danger full of confidence in their own manhood and in the bond of friendship they have formed.

This confidence is shaken when a series of thefts occur. The author embraces the perspectives of both the betrayer and the betrayed, forcing us to participate in lives that we might otherwise condemn, and to recognize the kinship of those lives to our own.
 
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Hardback Editions

December 1998 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 0880010355Title: The Barracks Thief
Author(s): Tobias Wolff
ISBN: 0-88001-035-5 / 978-0-88001-035-1 (USA edition)
Publisher: HarperCollins Canada / Ecco
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July 1987 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 0224024337Title: The Barracks Thief
Author(s): Tobias Wolff
ISBN: 0-224-02433-7 / 978-0-224-02433-4 (UK edition)
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
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1984 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: B000OP5FDITitle: The Barracks Thief
Author(s): Tobias WOLFF
Publisher: Ecco Press
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Paperback Editions

February 1990 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0880010495Title: The Barracks Thief
Author(s): Tobias Wolff
ISBN: 0-88001-049-5 / 978-0-88001-049-8 (USA edition)
Publisher: Harper Perennial
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February 1989 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 055334675XTitle: The Barracks Thief: And Selected Stories
Author(s): Tobias Wolff
ISBN: 0-553-34675-X / 978-0-553-34675-6 (USA edition)
Publisher: Bantam Dell Pub Group (P)
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1984 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: B000H38SN6Title: THE BARRACKS THIEF
Author(s): Tobias Wolff
Publisher: Ecco Press
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