About this title: This report on the war in Bosnia is by a veteran of the Persian Gulf War who went to the Balkans as a correspondent for the Times of London. Lloyd's war reporting is combined with his struggle with his own demons--depression, alcoholism, and memories of a dysfunctional family.
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Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics), E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780140298543ISBN:0140298541
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Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics), E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780140298543ISBN:0140298541
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Edition: First Paperback Edition, First Printing
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Group USA, E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780140298543ISBN:0140298541
Description: Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. A very good paperback copy, lightly used. The spine is solid and square and without reading creases. The cover shows mild wear, namely some light rubbing of the edges. The text is clean and unmarked. 321 pages. read more
Edition: Edition Unstated
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Group USA, E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780140298543ISBN:0140298541
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Edition: Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Pr, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780871137692ISBN:0871137690
Description: Jacket Photograph. Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 321 pages; Black & white map; Textblock is tight with no internal markings; Boards are black with the title in silver; Bright pictorial dust-jacket with modest shelf and edge wear including a 1/4 close tear to the top of the spine and the same to the back cover at the bottom left near the flap; We have placed the dust-jacket in a protective, removable mylar cover....(An uncompromising look at the brutality of war and its ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780871137692ISBN:0871137690
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Pages are clean and unmarked. Cover corners and ends of spine are lightly rubbed. Binding is tight. 321pp. read more
Binding: Audio Cassette
Publisher: Recorded Books
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780788740404ISBN:0788740407
Description: Good. Audio book, 8 cassettes, ex-library with discard marks, in plastic case, rental stickers on tapes & case, post office daily. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Pr
Date Published: 2000-01
ISBN-13:9780871137692ISBN:0871137690
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
Date Published: 01/2000
ISBN-13:9780871137692ISBN:0871137690
Description: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Great book, crisp, & clean, & tightly bound. Unknown printing. 336 p. ; 1. 21" x 9. 35" x 6. 34". First American Edition read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Date Published: 2001-02-01
ISBN-13:9780140298543ISBN:0140298541
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Edition: First American Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press, New York
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780871137692ISBN:0871137690
Description: As New in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Stated First; clean and tight, as-new; slight wear to the dust jacket. read more
"One of my all time favorite books. On the one hand it's a masterpiece of war reporting as we follow Anthony Loyd (now, Sir Anthony Loyd) on his journey through the war torn Balkans during the bloody civil war of the 90s. On the other hand, it's an incredibly beautifully written story and Loyd's poetic narrative captures the tragedy and senseless of war unlike any other author I've ever read.... An absolute must read about one man's addiction to both heroine and war."
"A memorable memoir about the war in the former Yugoslavia that also teaches the reader about the conflict there. Some of the scenes still stay with me years after reading it."
"A harrowing, shocking, poetic memoir of the Bosnian war by a fine, if slightly unhinged, writer. Lloyd, who grew up in a military family, also grew up fascinated, apparently, by war and by the time he sets out for the killing fields of Bosnia is beset by the demons of addiction and despair. The horrors and chaos of war become a sort of counter-point for his addictions and emotional problems. One feels he becomes as addicted to the adrenaline rush of war as to the drugs, booze and sex. I admit I found the work intensely moving, and deeply human, although I do wish he'd provided more clarity at the end. I would have given it five stars, but for the fact I was left unsure as to how much the experiences about which he wrote with so much insight had changed him, and whether, in the end, he was able to put down his soul-destroying addictions.
I found this book an invaluable reference when I was writing THE RADIANT CITY, about a war correspondent who had suffered a breakdown in Rwanda."
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