The Man Who Guarded the Bomb: Stories

by Gregory Orfalea

Book Overview

A boy finds himself alone with his first love in a toboggan stalled atop the Matterhorn at Disneyland. A woman, bitter about her marriage to a man turned blind, must decide if he lives or dies. A man haunted by his role in creating the H-bomb suddenly disappears in old age, only to turn up at Alamagordo, seeking an Indian and redemption. Such characters, at the crossroads of emotion and ethics, confounding loss and resurrection, populate this unforgettable...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815609779
• ISBN13: 9780815609773
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.5"