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Crowe, Chris

Death Coming Up the Hill

204 pp. | Houghton | October, 2014 | Trade ISBN 978-0-544-30215-0 $16.99
(4) YA Crowe's novel in haiku respectfully acknowledges each of the 16,592 soldiers who died in the Vietnam War in 1968 by using that exact number of syllables in this work. The story showcases a melodramatic breakdown of seventeen-year-old narrator Ashe's home life and his parents' marriage. Though the historical and fictional dilemmas may resonate, supporting characters tend toward stereotypical political ideologues of the time.
Reviewer: Betty Carter

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