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Eddie's bastard a novel

Old Thomas Mann gets a second crack at fatherhood when a baby boy is delivered to his doorstep. A note identifies the boy as the illegitimate child of Mann's son, Eddie, a soldier killed in Vietnam. The novel is narrated by the boy.

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  • "Tegen de achtergrond van de gevolgen van de oorlog in Vietnam groeit in de jaren zeventig een Amerikaanse jongen op met de verhalen van zijn familie zoals ze door zijn grootvader worden verteld."
  • "When he finds the illegitimate infant son of his own late son Eddie on his doorstep, Grandpa Mann tries to instill a pride in the rich heritage of a once-powerful family in that family's last surviving member."
  • "Old Thomas Mann gets a second crack at fatherhood when a baby boy is delivered to his doorstep. A note identifies the boy as the illegitimate child of Mann's son, Eddie, a soldier killed in Vietnam. The novel is narrated by the boy."
  • "Old Thomas Mann gets a second crack at fatherhood when a baby boy is delivered to his doorstep. A note identifies the boy as the illegitimate child of Mann's son, Eddie, a soldier killed in Vietnam. The novel is narrated by the boy."@en
  • "Donation June 04."
  • "En Pennsylvannie, Billy, fils d'un grand athlète et de mère inconnue, est élevé par son grand-père. Celui-ci, alcoolique, prend plaisir à lui raconter les vies des grands personnages de la famille pendant les périodes marquantes de l'histoire des Etats-Unis. Ces récits donneront à Billy le goût d'écrire. Premier roman."
  • ""Eddie's Bastard" is William Amos Mann IV, known as Billy -- the son of a heroic pilot killed in Vietnam and an unknown woman. The last in a line of proud, individualistic Irish-American men, Billy is discovered in a basket at the door of the dilapidated mansion where his bitter, hard-drinking grandfather, Thomas Mann, has exiled himself. Astonished and moved by the arrival of his unexpected progeny, Thomas sets out to raise the boy himself -- on a diet of love, fried baloney, and the fascinating lore of their shared heritage. Listening to his sets out to capture the stories on paper. He is a Mann, Grandpa reminds him daily, and thus destined for greatness. Through the tales of his ancestors, his own experiences, and the unforgettable characters who enhance and enliven his adolescence, Billy learns of bravery and cowardice, of life and death, of the heart's capacity for love and for unremitting hatred, eventually grasping the meaning of family and history and their power to shape destiny. Steeped in imagery and threaded with lyricism, <Eddie's Bastard</ is a novel of discovery, of a young man's emergence into the world, and the endless possibilities it offers.</"@en

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  • "Americké romány"
  • "Domestic fiction"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Bildungsromans"
  • "Bildungsromans"@en
  • "American fiction"
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Powieść amerykańska"@pl
  • "Popular literature"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"

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  • "Eddies dreng"@da
  • "Eddie's bastard a novel"
  • "Eddie's bastard a novel"@en
  • "Eddie's bastard"
  • "Eddie's bastard"@en
  • "Bękart Eddiego"
  • "Bękart Eddiego"@pl
  • "Eddie's Bastard"
  • "Edijevo kopile"
  • "Le petit bâtard : roman"
  • "Eddie's bastard : a novel"@en
  • "Eddies Bastard Roman"
  • "Eddie's bastard : a novel"
  • "Eddie's Bastard : a novel"
  • "Eddies Bastard : Roman"
  • "Eddieho bastard"
  • "El hijo bastardo de Eddie"@es
  • "Beskarf Eddiego"
  • "Eddie's bastaard"
  • "Le petit bâtard"

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