Dreaming the Enemy
I am still moving despite the fact that this dreamed-up bastard Khan walks with me—no, he doesn't walk with me, he rises up to fire, has my life in his hands, my head in his sights, and that is the image of all images that I have somehow to lose.
Johnny Shoebridge has just returned from fighting in the jungles of Vietnam. He no longer carries a weapon—only photos of the dead and a dread of the living. Pursued by a Viet Cong ghost-fighter called Khan, Johnny makes one last stand—knowing that if he cannot lay this specter to rest, he will remain a prisoner of war for ever. Drawing on courage, loyalty and love, Johnny tries to find a way back from the nightmare of war to a sense of hope for the future. An elegant and deeply moving novel, set in the aftermath of the Vietnam War, by one of Australia's finest writers.
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Dreaming the Enemy
I am still moving despite the fact that this dreamed-up bastard Khan walks with me—no, he doesn't walk with me, he rises up to fire, has my life in his hands, my head in his sights, and that is the image of all images that I have somehow to lose.
Johnny Shoebridge has just returned from fighting in the jungles of Vietnam. He no longer carries a weapon—only photos of the dead and a dread of the living. Pursued by a Viet Cong ghost-fighter called Khan, Johnny makes one last stand—knowing that if he cannot lay this specter to rest, he will remain a prisoner of war for ever. Drawing on courage, loyalty and love, Johnny tries to find a way back from the nightmare of war to a sense of hope for the future. An elegant and deeply moving novel, set in the aftermath of the Vietnam War, by one of Australia's finest writers.
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by David Metzenthen
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I am still moving despite the fact that this dreamed-up bastard Khan walks with me—no, he doesn't walk with me, he rises up to fire, has my life in his hands, my head in his sights, and that is the image of all images that I have somehow to lose.
Johnny Shoebridge has just returned from fighting in the jungles of Vietnam. He no longer carries a weapon—only photos of the dead and a dread of the living. Pursued by a Viet Cong ghost-fighter called Khan, Johnny makes one last stand—knowing that if he cannot lay this specter to rest, he will remain a prisoner of war for ever. Drawing on courage, loyalty and love, Johnny tries to find a way back from the nightmare of war to a sense of hope for the future. An elegant and deeply moving novel, set in the aftermath of the Vietnam War, by one of Australia's finest writers.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781952533495
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Publication date: 03/23/2016
Sold by: INDEPENDENT PUB GROUP - EPUB - EBKS
Format: eBook
Pages: 304
File size: 1 MB

About the Author

David Metzenthen is the author of One Minute's Silence. Both his father and grandfather served in the Australian Defence Forces, fostering David's great interest in the role Australians have played in armed conflict. He was the winner of the Young Adult category in the 2016 Queensland Premier's Awards for Dreaming the Enemy, which is a crossover YA and adult novel.
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