{"product_id":"my-detachment-paperback-by-tracy-kidder","title":"My Detachment Paperback by Tracy Kidder","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eRandom House Trade Paperbacks\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2006-10-24)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e208\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780812976168\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e173.87\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e20.14 x 13.23 x 1.19\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Pulitzer Prize–winning author of \u003ci\u003eMountains Beyond Mountains \u003c\/i\u003epresents an “acerbic, honest, moving memoir” (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e) of his tour of duty in Vietnam.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“With a terrible beauty, [\u003ci\u003eMy Detachment\u003c\/i\u003e] tells an old story—the illusions of war—in a new and compelling way.”—\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Gripping . . . remarkable . . . poignant . . . perfectly rendered by one of our most original writers.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy Detachment\u003c\/i\u003e is a war story like none you have ever read before, an unromanticized portrait of a young man coming of age in the controversial war that defined a generation. Master storyteller Tracy Kidder reflects on his service in Vietnam, looking back at himself from across three and a half decades and confessions how, as a young lieutenant, he sought to borrow from the tragedy around him and to imagine himself a romantic hero. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnrelentingly honest, rueful, and revealing, \u003ci\u003eMy Detachment\u003c\/i\u003e gives us war without heroism, while preserving those rare moments of redeeming grace in the midst of lunacy and danger. The officers and soldiers of \u003ci\u003eMy Detachment \u003c\/i\u003eare not the sort of people who appear in war movies—they are the ones who appear only in war, and they are unforgettable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eCHICAGO TRIBUNE \u003c\/i\u003eBEST BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTracy Kidder\u003c\/b\u003e graduated from Harvard and the University of Iowa. He won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the Robert F. Kennedy Award, and many other literary prizes. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eRough Sleepers, A Truck Full of Money, Good Prose \u003c\/i\u003e(with Richard Todd), \u003ci\u003eStrength in What Remains, My Detachment, Mountains Beyond Mountains, Home Town, Old Friends, Among Schoolchildren, House, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Soul of a New Machine.\u003c\/i\u003e Kidder passed away in 2026.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46555220672673,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780812976168","price":24.69,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780812976168.jpg?v=1781780862","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/my-detachment-paperback-by-tracy-kidder","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}