In this Book
- Full Metal Jhacket
- 2014
- Book
- Published by: University of Michigan Press
- View Citation
summary
Two boys discover that the title of their stop-motion animated film about Vietnam has been taken by director Stanley Kubrick. A 150-year-old woman on the run from the government is tracked down by the company who extended her life. A military contractor carrying his robot son in a gym bag struggles to find his way out of the Nigerian delta during a bloody civil war. The wife of an up-and-coming politician grieves his infidelity by prowling rooftops with a sniper rifle. Following his celebrated debut collection, Super Flat Times, Matthew Derby delivers a disturbing new set of stories that plunges us into a lonely heartland of misfits, outcasts, and would-be assassins who lurk in the shadows, searching for connection and meaning in all the wrong places.
Table of Contents
- Title Page
- pp. i-iii
- Copyright Page
- p. iv
- Dedication
- pp. v-vi
- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-x
- 1. January in December
- pp. 1-17
- 3. The Snipe
- pp. 29-45
- 4. Full Metal Jhacket
- pp. 46-67
- 5. The Past, Uncorrected
- pp. 68-78
- 8. How the Rebels Took Port Harcourt
- pp. 102-116
- 9. Heightmap of Her Countenance
- pp. 117-126
- 10. KraftMark
- pp. 127-137
- 11. Walden Galleria Prayer
- pp. 138-144
- Books in the Series
- p. 145
Additional Information
ISBN
9780472120963
Related ISBN
9780472036158
MARC Record
OCLC
1017611674
Pages
155
Launched on MUSE
2018-01-03
Language
English
Open Access
Yes
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