The World Played Chess

By Robert Dugoni

Book Overview

"A fearless and sensitive coming-of-age story. I loved it." --Mark Sullivan, bestselling author of Beneath a Scarlet Sky and The Last Green Valley.

Bestselling author Robert Dugoni returns with an emotionally arresting follow-up to The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell.

In 1979, Vincent Bianco has just graduated high school. His only desire: collect a little beer money and enjoy his final summer before college. So he lands a job as a laborer on a construction crew. Working alongside two Vietnam vets, one suffering from PTSD, Vincent gets the education of a lifetime. Now forty years later, with his own son leaving for college, the lessons of that summer--Vincent's last taste of innocence and first taste of real life--dramatically unfold in a novel about breaking away, shaping a life, and seeking one's own destiny.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1542029392
• ISBN13: 9781542029391
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: Lake Union Publishing
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.4" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

Incredible

Anyone interested in the Vietnam war or who knows at Vietnam vet should move this book to the top of their reading list. The captivating account of three men in three time periods will move you to your core. Robert Dugoni creates characters so beautifully real you feel as if the story is happening to you. Both tragic and triumphant, I will never forget this incredible novel.