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On the Yankee Station is a short story collection by William Boyd. His first novel, A Good Man in Africa was published in 1981; this collection was published later that same year, and includes two stories featuring Morgan Leafy, the anti-hero of the novel.
- William Boyd
- 1981
Jan 1, 1981 · On the Yankee Station is what happens to a bully when someone hates them. The setting in Vietnam on an aircraft carrier and the injustice of a pilots fixation on an innocent mechanic comes back to bite him.
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Jun 30, 2021 · On the Yankee station. by. Boyd, William, 1952- Publication date. 1982. Topics. Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Fiction. Publisher. Harmondsworth, Middlesex ; New York, N.Y. : Penguin. Collection. internetarchivebooks; printdisabled. Contributor. Internet Archive. Language. English. Item Size. 583893921. 187 pages ; 18 cm Reprint.
Jun 30, 2011 · On the Yankee station : stories by Boyd, William, 1952-Publication date 1984 Publisher New York : W. Morrow Collection printdisabled; internetarchivebooks Contributor
Feb 27, 2001 · In the title story, an arrogant, sadistic American pilot in Vietnam underestimaets the power of revenge when he relentlessly persecutes a member of his maintenance crew. With droll humor and rare compassion, Boyd's enthralling stories remind us of his stature as one of contemporary fiction's finest storytellers.
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- William Boyd
About On the Yankee Station. Wiliam Boyd, winner of the Whitbread and Somerset Maugham Awards, introduces unlikely heroes desperate to redeem their unsatisfying lives. From California poolsides to the battlegrounds of Vietnam, here is a world populated by weary souls who turn to fantasy as their sole escape from life’s inequities.
On the Yankee station by Boyd, William, 1952-Publication date 1988 Publisher London : Penguin Books Collection printdisabled; internetarchivebooks Contributor ...
