My favorite war

a novel

1st Ecco ed.

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Author

Christopher John Farley

Publication

1998 - Distributed by W.W. Norton & Co., Hopewell, N.J, New Jersey

Language

English

Word Count

65,000 words, Guess

Page Count

260 pages

Identifiers

Open LibraryOL676410M
ISBN-10088001590X
ISBN-139780880015905
Goodreads798795
LibraryThing2103379

and 3 more

Library of Congress Control Number97022654
OCLC Control Number37201335
Better World Books9780880015905

Classifications

DDC813/.54
LCCPS3556.A7165 M9 1998
LCCPS3556.A7165M9 1998

Description

Thurgood Brinkman, a young Ivy League-educated reporter for a comic-book-colored national newspaper, has a nagging feeling there's something missing - from his job, his life, from the nineties in general. He spends his nights philosophizing with friends via E-mail about success and selling out, Freud and the possibility of lasting love; he wastes his day at work writing brain-numbing trend stories about oat bran, karaoke clubs, and the ever-fluctuating popularity of boxer shorts. But everything changes when Thurgood meets Sojourner Truth Zapader, a charismatic, Afrocentric, fiercely intelligent columnist for The Washington Post, who challenges him to help her cover what could turn out to be, if they make it back, the story of their lives. Soon Thurgood leaves behind his personal battles for a larger war - the Gulf War - where he discovers truths about himself he never imagined and uncovers secrets about America he will never forget. While Farley focuses his searing wit on Brinkman's frustrations with consumer culture, corporatism, racism, and a debased media, My Favorite War is also a sensitive and probing investigation of the preoccupations of a generation, the foibles of a decade, and the perils of the modern world.