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A Special Providence by Richard Yates (Paperback, 2008)

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Richard Yates's novel is both tender and ironic as he follows Bobby's adventures and disasters and reflects on the intense but complicated bond between mother and son. by Richard Yates. He has turned out to be the heroic soldier he imagined and his experience of battle principally involves fear and confusion.

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A moving, ironic and often heart breaking exploration of post-war America by the author of Revolutionary Road Robert Prentice is eighteen, and his boyhood dreams have disintegrated on the battlefields of Europe. At home, his mother, Alice, wraps herself in fantasy against the relentless disappointments of life.From his compelling portraits of these two damaged souls, Richard Yates creates a brilliant novel of post-war America, at odds with its own identity, striving to combine prosperity and ideals, mercilessly exposed in the attempt to do so. At once tender and ironic, bitterly sad and achingly funny, A Special Providence is the second novel by the author of Revolutionary Road.