A review by srbolton
Paco's Story by Larry Heinemann

5.0

Remarkable for its rich language and narrative voice, this intense story is not for the faint of heart, at turns brutal and vulgar, as are war stories wont. It is for any reader wanting understand or feel some simulacrum of the mental and physical wreckage of young men who survive the unimaginable in war and return to seek a path back to humanity. The 8-page dream sequence (p.138 in my 1st) is by itself worth picking up this book, an incredible achievement by the author.