The Resource The girl in green, Derek B. Miller
The girl in green, Derek B. Miller
Resource Information
The item The girl in green, Derek B. Miller represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Vancouver Public Library.This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
Resource Information
The item The girl in green, Derek B. Miller represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Vancouver Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
- Summary
- A novel about two men on a misbegotten quest to save the girl they failed to save decades before. 1991. Near Checkpoint Zulu, one hundred miles from the Kuwaiti border, Thomas Benton meets Arwood Hobbes. Benton is a British journalist who reports from war zones in part to avoid his lackluster marriage and a daughter he loves but cannot connect with; Arwood is a midwestern American private who might be an insufferable ignoramus, or might be a genuine lunatic with a death wish-- it's hard to tell. Desert Storm is over, peace has been declared, but as they argue about whether it makes sense to cross the nearest border in search of an ice cream, they become embroiled in a horrific attack in which a young local girl in a green dress is killed as they are trying to protect her. The two men walk away into their respective lives. But something has cracked for them both. Twenty-two years later, in another place, in another war, they meet again and are offered an unlikely opportunity to redeem themselves when that same girl in green is found alive and in need of salvation. Or is she?
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Extent
- 326 pages
- Isbn
- 9781925106954
- Label
- The girl in green
- Title
- The girl in green
- Statement of responsibility
- Derek B. Miller
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- A novel about two men on a misbegotten quest to save the girl they failed to save decades before. 1991. Near Checkpoint Zulu, one hundred miles from the Kuwaiti border, Thomas Benton meets Arwood Hobbes. Benton is a British journalist who reports from war zones in part to avoid his lackluster marriage and a daughter he loves but cannot connect with; Arwood is a midwestern American private who might be an insufferable ignoramus, or might be a genuine lunatic with a death wish-- it's hard to tell. Desert Storm is over, peace has been declared, but as they argue about whether it makes sense to cross the nearest border in search of an ice cream, they become embroiled in a horrific attack in which a young local girl in a green dress is killed as they are trying to protect her. The two men walk away into their respective lives. But something has cracked for them both. Twenty-two years later, in another place, in another war, they meet again and are offered an unlikely opportunity to redeem themselves when that same girl in green is found alive and in need of salvation. Or is she?
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1970-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Miller, Derek B.
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3613.I5337
- LC item number
- G57 2017
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Journalists
- War correspondents
- Soldiers
- Life change events
- Redemption
- Middle East
- Label
- The girl in green, Derek B. Miller
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Extent
- 326 pages
- Isbn
- 9781925106954
- Lccn
- 2016005409
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- ocn940455319
- (OCoLC)940455319
- Label
- The girl in green, Derek B. Miller
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Extent
- 326 pages
- Isbn
- 9781925106954
- Lccn
- 2016005409
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- ocn940455319
- (OCoLC)940455319
Library Links
Embed
Settings
Select options that apply then copy and paste the RDF/HTML data fragment to include in your application
Embed this data in a secure (HTTPS) page:
Layout options:
Include data citation:
<div class="citation" vocab="http://schema.org/"><i class="fa fa-external-link-square fa-fw"></i> Data from <span resource="http://link.vpl.ca/portal/The-girl-in-green-Derek-B.-Miller/fFlOR9JyOkM/" typeof="Book http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/Item"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a href="http://link.vpl.ca/portal/The-girl-in-green-Derek-B.-Miller/fFlOR9JyOkM/">The girl in green, Derek B. Miller</a></span> - <span property="potentialAction" typeOf="OrganizeAction"><span property="agent" typeof="LibrarySystem http://library.link/vocab/LibrarySystem" resource="http://link.vpl.ca/"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a property="url" href="https://link.vpl.ca/">Vancouver Public Library</a></span></span></span></span></div>
Note: Adjust the width and height settings defined in the RDF/HTML code fragment to best match your requirements
Preview
Cite Data - Experimental
Data Citation of the Item The girl in green, Derek B. Miller
Copy and paste the following RDF/HTML data fragment to cite this resource
<div class="citation" vocab="http://schema.org/"><i class="fa fa-external-link-square fa-fw"></i> Data from <span resource="http://link.vpl.ca/portal/The-girl-in-green-Derek-B.-Miller/fFlOR9JyOkM/" typeof="Book http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/Item"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a href="http://link.vpl.ca/portal/The-girl-in-green-Derek-B.-Miller/fFlOR9JyOkM/">The girl in green, Derek B. Miller</a></span> - <span property="potentialAction" typeOf="OrganizeAction"><span property="agent" typeof="LibrarySystem http://library.link/vocab/LibrarySystem" resource="http://link.vpl.ca/"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a property="url" href="https://link.vpl.ca/">Vancouver Public Library</a></span></span></span></span></div>