Paco's Story

The only man in Alpha Company to survive a cataclysmic Vietcong attack, Paco Sullivan is sent back to the U.S. with his legs full of pins, daily rations of Librium and Valium, and no sense of what to do next. One evening, he limps off a bus and into the small town of Boone, determined to find a real life -- but no matter how hard he works, nothing muffles the anguish in his mind and body. Brilliantly and vividly written, Paco's Story plunges the reader into the violence and casual cruelty of the Vietnam War, and the ghostly aftermath that often dealt the harshest blows. Larry Heinemann, a Vietnam vet, has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Guggenheim Foundation, and the William Fulbright Scholarship Program and, in addition to the National Book Award, he won the Carl Sandburg Award. He is also the author of Close Quarters Black Virgin Mountain. He lives in Chicago with his wife. Richard Ferrone is an award-winning narrator. He has acted on Broadway with the National Actors Theatre and was a member of the Tony Award-winning Trinity Rep. He has appeared in several popular TV series including Law & Order and Against the Law.