Awards
PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction (nominee)
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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PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction (nominee)
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.
Used availability for Tobias Wolff's The Barracks Thief
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Hardback Editions
June 1999 : Hardback
| Title: BARRACKS THIEF Author(s): Wolff T ISBN: 0-88001-035-5 / 978-0-88001-035-1 (USA edition) Publisher: HarperCollins Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA WorldCat More details... |
July 1987 : Hardback
| Title: The Barracks Thief Author(s): Tobias Wolff ISBN: 0-224-02433-7 / 978-0-224-02433-4 (UK edition) Publisher: Jonathan Cape Ltd Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
1984 : Hardback
| Title: The Barracks Thief Author(s): Tobias WOLFF Publisher: Ecco Press Availability: Amazon More details... |
Paperback Editions
January 1993 : Paperback
| Title: The Barracks Thief Author(s): Tobias Wolff Publisher: Ecco Pr, New York, New York, U.S.A. Availability: Amazon More details... |
January 1990 : Paperback
| Title: The Barracks Thief Author(s): Tobias Wolff Publisher: Harper Perennial 1990 Availability: Amazon More details... |
January 1990 : Paperback
| Title: The Barracks Thief Author(s): Tobias Wolff ISBN: 0-88001-049-5 / 978-0-88001-049-8 (USA edition) Publisher: Ecco Availability: Amazon Amazon UK WorldCat More details... |
February 1989 : Paperback
| Title: 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 (Trd) Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
January 1984 : Paperback
| Title: The Barracks Thief Author(s): Tobias Wolff Publisher: NY Ecco Press Availability: Amazon More details... |
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