About the Author:
Darryl Ponicsan divides his time between an island in the Pacific Northwest and the California wine country. The author of nine novels, he has also written several produced screenplays. The movie adapted from his first novel, "The Last Detail", first published in 1970, has become a film classic.
Review:
“Darryl has once again captured the camaraderie and complexity of male bonding, as he did so brilliantly in The Last Detail. Three familiar characters, now some thirty years later, with a dubious history and an undesirable task ahead of them are what dominate the fascinating and satisfying story in Last Flag Flying.”―Bryan Cranston
"Ponicsán delivers an irreverent, acerbic, but nonetheless poignant look at the true nature of loyalty. Recommend both novels and the movie."―Booklist
Praise for The Last Detail:
“Remarkably good... The writing is superb, the pace headlong, the irony tempered with a curious gentleness.”―Cosmopolitan
“A salty, bawdy, hilarious, and very touching story.”–Variety
“The first underground triumph of the ‘70s.”–San Francisco Sun-Reporter
“One of the ten best novels of the year.”–Philadelphia Inquirer
“Honest, heart-wrenching.”–The New York Times
“One of the really excellent novels we will draw this year, and Ponicsán... proves himself not only a master but a model of dialogue.”–San Francisco Sunday Examiner and Chronicle
“A lean, funny, bitter book.”–Boston Globe
“[A] gem of a first novel... fast-paced... [The] dialogue often is hilarious..”–Fort Worth Star
“An accomplished writer with a sure storyteller’s touch.”–St. Louis Post Dispatch
“Will make any serviceman say: ‘Sure, that’s the way it was.’”–Newsday
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