Leaving Losapas

Roland Merullo. Avon Books, $10 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-380-71750-7

Merullo's beautifully realized first novel focuses on an ex-Marine, tortured by his memories of Vietnam, who must choose between his adopted Micronesian island home of Losapas and the Boston suburb where he grew up. (Oct.)

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