The Resource Missile paradise : a novel, Ron Tanner
Missile paradise : a novel, Ron Tanner
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The item Missile paradise : a novel, Ron Tanner represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Charleston County Public Library.
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- Summary
- "In the Marshall Islands, an island-nation in the middle of the Pacific Ocean that was once a testing ground for nuclear bombs, American engineers and programmers are making and testing missiles while their "hosts," the indigenous Marshallese, sweep their streets and clean their houses. It's 2004, the Iraq war is heating up, and 9/11 is fresh in everyone's minds. Following four interconnected story lines-the meltdown of a burned-out cultural liaison who has "gone native" and bitterly resents his role in keeping the Marshallese down; a young programmer who has lost his leg in a reckless solo sailing journey; the struggles of a young widow with two children whose husband drowned in a mysterious diving accident; and the destructive spiral of a Marshallese teenager whose American girlfriend rejects him when she returns to the States-Missile. Paradise is an epic, heartbreaking, and satirical novel about the clash of cultures between the Americans trying to realize their American Dream in this seeming paradise, and the Marshallese who are both angered and bedazzled by that dream. "--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 370 pages
- Isbn
- 9781632460097
- Label
- Missile paradise : a novel
- Title
- Missile paradise
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Ron Tanner
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "In the Marshall Islands, an island-nation in the middle of the Pacific Ocean that was once a testing ground for nuclear bombs, American engineers and programmers are making and testing missiles while their "hosts," the indigenous Marshallese, sweep their streets and clean their houses. It's 2004, the Iraq war is heating up, and 9/11 is fresh in everyone's minds. Following four interconnected story lines-the meltdown of a burned-out cultural liaison who has "gone native" and bitterly resents his role in keeping the Marshallese down; a young programmer who has lost his leg in a reckless solo sailing journey; the struggles of a young widow with two children whose husband drowned in a mysterious diving accident; and the destructive spiral of a Marshallese teenager whose American girlfriend rejects him when she returns to the States-Missile. Paradise is an epic, heartbreaking, and satirical novel about the clash of cultures between the Americans trying to realize their American Dream in this seeming paradise, and the Marshallese who are both angered and bedazzled by that dream. "--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1953-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Tanner, Ron
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3620.A69
- LC item number
- M57 2016
- Literary form
- novels
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Culture conflict
- Americans
- Interpersonal relations
- American Dream
- Self-realization
- Label
- Missile paradise : a novel, Ron Tanner
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn908072100
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 370 pages
- Isbn
- 9781632460097
- Lccn
- 2016005179
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 40025926664
- System control number
- (OCoLC)908072100
- Label
- Missile paradise : a novel, Ron Tanner
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn908072100
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 370 pages
- Isbn
- 9781632460097
- Lccn
- 2016005179
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 40025926664
- System control number
- (OCoLC)908072100
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