01600cam a2200325 i 4500 1841485801 TxAuBib 20241230120000.0 140708s2014||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2014016018 9781616149987 paperback 1616149981 paperback (OCoLC)870663464 TxAuBib rda Eskens, Allen, 1963-, author. The life we bury : a novel / Allen Eskens. Amherst, NY : Seventh Street Books, an imprint of Prometheus Books, 2014. 303 p. ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier College student Joe Talbert has the modest goal of completing a writing assignment for an English class. His task is to interview a stranger and write a brief biography of the person. With deadlines looming, Joe heads to a nearby nursing home to find a willing subject. There he meets Carl Iverson,a dying Vietnam veteran--and a convicted murderer, medically paroled to a nursing home, after spending thirty years in prison for the crimes of rape and murder. Unable to reconcile Carl's valor in Vietnam with the despicable acts of the convict, Joe throws himself into uncovering the truth. 20241230. Veterans Fiction. Dysfunctional families Fiction. College students Fiction. Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Veterans Fiction. Minnesota Fiction. TXMOO