{"product_id":"the-suicide-run-five-tales-of-the-marine-corps-paperback","title":"The Suicide Run: Five Tales of the Marine Corps - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam Styron\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Suicide Run\u003c\/b\u003e collects five of William Styron's meticulously rendered narratives based on his real-life experiences as a U.S. Marine. In \"Blankenship,\" Styron draws on his stint as a guard at a stateside military prison at the end of World War II. \"Marriott, the Marine\" and \"The Suicide Run\"--which Styron composed as part of an intended novel that he set aside to write Sophie's Choice--depict the surreal experience of being conscripted a second time, after World War II, to serve in the Korean War. \"My Father's House\" captures the frustration of a soldier trying to become a civilian again. In \"Elobey, Annobón, and Corisco,\" a soldier attempts to exorcise the dread of an approaching battle by daydreaming about far-off islands, visited vicariously through his childhood stamp collection. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Perhaps the last volume from one of literature's greatest voices, \u003cb\u003eThe Suicide Run\u003c\/b\u003e brings to life the drama, absurdity, and heroism that forever changed the men who served in the Marine Corps.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam Styron (1925-2006), a native of the Virginia Tidewater, was a graduate of Duke University and a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps. His books include \u003ci\u003eLie Down in Darkness, The Long March, Set This House on Fire, The Confessions of Nat Turner, Sophie's Choice, This Quiet Dust, Darkness Visible\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eA Tidewater Morning\u003c\/i\u003e. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, the Howells Medal, the American Book Award, the Légion d'Honneur, and the Witness to Justice Award from the Auschwitz Jewish Center Foundation. With his wife, the poet and activist Rose Styron, he lived for most of his adult life in Roxbury, Connecticut, and in Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts, where he is buried.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.57 x 8.12 x 5.28 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 14, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50983721894027,"sku":"9780812980240","price":28.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/2579\/7259\/files\/zz4Eu4pAAG9780812980240.webp?v=1793300178","url":"https:\/\/thetaletrade.com\/products\/the-suicide-run-five-tales-of-the-marine-corps-paperback","provider":"The Tale Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}