John Waters’ River City One (Simon and Schuster) is a powerful entrée into what we hope is a long, fruitful and developing writing career. The story occupies the spaces in the lives of Veterans that is too often submerged within novels, film and popular media. If you are looking for a safe and romanticized version of the returning Veteran seeking redemption and healing from trauma in a reclamation of high morals and epiphany, this may not be the book for you. If you want to take a bracing walk on the other side of standardized writing surrounding war literature, then John Waters has your number.
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