Charlie Johnson in the Flames - 1st Edition/1st Printing

Ignatieff, Michael

ISBN 10: 0802117554 / ISBN 13: 9780802117557

Verlag: Grove Press, New York, 2003

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A quite lovely first edition/first printing housed in a like dust-jacket that has mild shelfwear; Charlie Johnson is an all-American kid from a working-class family in Wichita, Kansas. He's the classic overachiever: top of his class, captain of the soccer team, and star of the track and field team. But when Charlie enrolls in college, he discovers that he's not the only one from his hometown with dreams of going far. His best friend, Lucas, is also headed to college, and he's determined to show Charlie that there's more to life than just making it to the top. Charlie embarks on a journey to find himself, learning about love, identity, and the power of friendship. Along the way, he faces challenges both big and small, but he always rises to the challenge. In the end, Charlie learns that success doesn't come easy - but it's worth it.; 8vo; 179 pages; MR. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 54133

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Titel: Charlie Johnson in the Flames - 1st Edition/...

Verlag: Grove Press, New York

Erscheinungsdatum: 2003

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Fine

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine

Auflage: First Edition; First Printing.

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Charlie Johnson is a veteran war correspondent who thinks he has seen it all - until he makes one rash expedition into a war zone in the Balkans. He watches helplessly as a woman who sheltered him is set on fire. From then on his life is consumed by the mission to find the man who did it - caught on film by his friend and cameraman Jacek.
Drawing on his own experience of war zones, in this disturbing, thoughtful novel Michael Ignatieff probes into the damage that blights Charlie's life and threatens to destroy his humanity, the result of years of numbing reporting of terrible events. Charlie has people who love him, not only his wife and daughter at home in London, but also generous, tough and resolute colleagues like Jacek and the indefatigable and beautiful Etta. But once he is set on his journey of revenge, nothing and no one can stop him.