The Barracks Thief
#657 of 8,085 books · #378 in Fiction
Won the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction (1985).
The short story collection is about three paratroopers waiting to be shipped out to Vietnam. Six other highly acclaimed stories are also included.
- Publisher
- Bantam
- ISBN-13
- 9780553346756
- Genre
Awards
- PEN/Faulkner Award for FictionWonMajor(1985)
Other awarded books from Tobias Wolff
- Old School (2004)0 wins · 8 score
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