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Synopsis
Everybody at Bien Hoa airbase hated the war, but Barney was a war-zone comedian whose job it was to make the soldiers laugh at their fears and frustrations. With material drawn from the insanity around them, he would coax his battle-weary audiences into guffaws of healing laughter. The the funny man made a serious mistake: ho chose the base's blood-and-guts commander Colonel Isaacs, as the target of his cynical humor, while offstage he wooed Isaac's woman. In retaliation, the colonel included Barney in a battle that would turn the base into a bloody killing ground - and the scene of Barney's greatest performance.
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About the Author
MARTYN BURKE's previous novels include Laughing War, The Commissar's Report, Ivory Joe, Tiara, The Shelling of Beverly Hills, and The Truth About the Night. He is also a documentary film maker, whose Under Fire: Journalists in Combat won a Peabody Award in 2013. He has written extensively for film and television, most notably as writer of HBO'S timely and biting political satire, The Second Civil War; and writer/director of the hugely successful cable movie Pirates of Silicon Valley, which was nominated for five Emmys including Best Screenplay and Best Picture, the Producers Guild Award for Best Film, Directors Guild Award for Best Directing and the Writers Guild Award for Best Screenplay. His work has been nominated for numerous awards, including Emmys, Directors Guild, and Writers Guild awards. Recently, a series based on his novel The Commissar's Report, was sold to HBO. Born in Hamilton, Ontario, he now lives half the year in Toronto and the other half in Santa Monica. As a journal
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