Last detail

Author

Ponicsán, Darryl Ponicsan, Darryl

1) The Last Detail: A Novel

Author

Ponicsán, Darryl

Series

Last detail volume 1

Language

English

Formats

eAudiobook, eBook

Description

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Unlike other branches of the armed services, the Navy draws it police force from the ranks, as temporary duty called Shore Patrol. In this funny, bawdy, moving novel set during the height of the Vietnam War, two career sailors in transit in Norfolk, Virginia-Billy "Bad-Ass" Buddusky and Mule Mulhall-are assigned to escort eighteen-year-old Larry Meadows from Norfolk to the brig in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, where he is to serve an eight-year sentence...

2) Last Flag Flying: A Novel

Author

Ponicsan, Darryl

Series

Last detail volume 2

Language

English

Description

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Now a major movie starring Steve Carell, Bryan Cranston, and Laurence Fishburne, directed by Richard Linklater! Darryl Ponicsan's debut novel The Last Detail was named one of the best of the year and widely acclaimed, catapulting him to fame when it was first published. The story of two career sailors assigned to escort a young seaman from Norfolk to the naval prison in Portsmouth, New Hampshire-and of the mayhem that ensues-was made into an award-winning...