Peace is a shy thing : the life and art of Tim O'Brien
"The first literary biography of Tim O'Brien, the preeminent American writer of the war in Vietnam and one of the best writers of his generation, drawing on never-before-seen materials and original interviews. Featuring over one hundred interviews with family, friends, peers, and others -- not to mention countless exchanges with Tim O'Brien himself -- Peace is a Shy Thing provides a nearly day-by-day, gripping account of O'Brien's thirteen months...