Sinossi
Stati Uniti, anni Duemila. Trent'anni dopo aver prestato servizio in Marina, Larry Meadows si presenta alla porta di due commilitoni di un tempo. Scapestrati e coraggiosi in gioventù, li trova ora profondamente cambiati. Uno è un predicatore esaltato, l'altro un alcolista che gestisce un pub fatiscente, ma entrambi non possono sottrarsi alla richiesta che ha portato Meadows fino a loro: accompagnarlo al funerale del figlio. Il ragazzo, arruolatosi nei Marines, è stato ucciso in Iraq e il governo degli Stati Uniti si sta apprestando a celebrare la sua morte "da eroe" con tutti gli onori nel cimitero di Arlington, in Virginia. Quando arrivano sul posto, peri, Meadows scopre che le autorità gli hanno mentito sulle circostanze della "morte in azione" del figlio e decide, con l'aiuto degli amici, di riprendersi la salma e di riportarla a casa. Inizia così un solenne viaggio lungo la East Coast degli Stati Uniti. Tra ricordi del passato, tragicomici contrattempi e un esercito che vorrebbe riappropriarsi della salma, la missione dei tre amici si trasforma in un'avventura on the road irriverente, ironica e toccante, che si snoda lungo le rotaie di un'America traumatizzata da guerre che non sente come proprie ma dove manda a morire i propri figli, un Paese controllato con il potere della paura e le astuzie della menzogna.
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- Pagine: 207
- Data di uscita: 18-10-2018
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My review for this book was published by Library Journal on August 31, 2017: Two Navy lifers and the hapless sailor they escorted to prison reunite nearly 35 years later in this sequel to the underground classic The Last Detail , first published in 2005 and now rereleased alongside a film adaptation d Leggi tutto
I read Ponicsan’s earlier book, “The Last Detail”, a few years ago, but I can’t say I recalled the details. This is the sequel to that book, taking place a few decades down the road. Prior to reading this, I read some of the reviews, many of which complained about the re-animating of one of the char Leggi tutto
This is not a very good book. The movie looks to be completely different in tone and substance. This is just depressing and pointless. I can't really recommend it to anyone but it is not the worst book I've read recently.
Despite the clumsiness with which Ponicsan revives Buddusky, who was supposedly killed in "The Last Detail, "Last Flag Flying" is a great reunion of these three classic characters. Since "The Last Detail" was his first novel, and this was written over 40 years later, Ponicsan's writing is more finely Leggi tutto
Not as grand as Book 1, but a solidly good listen… UNLESS you think W.Bush/D.Cheney are American heroes… in which case, steer waaaaay clear ! My Full Review →
Billy "Bad-Ass" Buddusky is back! The time is December 2003. He's sixty-something now and is packing a metal plate in his head and an extra thirty pounds, but none of these things have softened his stance on stupidity or damaged his bullsh-- detector. The tone of the book is set early on. Instead of Leggi tutto
Have you ever hoped and prayed for a sequel to a book or a movie? And then when it comes finally comes out you experience a severe sense of frustration and disappointment? That's what this book is like. I wish I could give it negative stars. It went nowhere and bored me with it's self-rigtheous tone Leggi tutto
Now I've got to get the first book, The Last Detail! Saw the movie, of course, when it came out. I had been a "swabbie" enlisted seaman for my "two years before the mast" on a WWII liberty ship converted to a intelligence-gathering "spy" ship similar to the Pueblo. I could relate to all three of the Leggi tutto
This is a sequel to “The Last Detail” which I didn’t read. That story was about two naval officers escorting a young navy man to prison for shop lifting. This story, which was also made into a movie, takes place 30 years later. The young man’s son has died while in Iraq and he asks his 2 old escorts Leggi tutto
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