01797cam a2200397 i 4500 614233956 TxAuBib 20221220120000.0 210112s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781542029377 hbk. 1542029376 hbk. 9781542029391 pbk. 1542029392 pbk. (OCoLC)1230230448 TxAuBib rda Dugoni, Robert,. The world played chess [book] : a novel / Robert Dugoni. First edition. Seattle [Washington] : Lake Union Publishing, [2021] 369 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes book club questions. Includes bibliographical references. "In 1979, Vincent Bianco has just graduated high school. His only desire: collect a little beer money and enjoy his final summer before college. So he lands a job as a laborer on a construction crew. Working alongside two Vietnam vets, one suffering from PTSD, Vincent gets the education of a lifetime. Now forty years later, with his own son leaving for college, the lessons of that summer--Vincent's last taste of innocence and first taste of real life--dramatically unfold in a novel about breaking away, shaping a life, and seeking one's own destiny"-- Provided by publisher. 20221220. Life Fiction. High school graduates Fiction. Veterans Fiction. Fathers and sons Fiction. Life change events Fiction. Bildungsromans. Domestic fiction. FLSCP