Fieldwork (novel)
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Fieldwork is a 2007 novel by American journalist Mischa Berlinski
. It was published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux
and was a finalist that year for the National Book Award
, eventually losing out to Tree of Smoke
.
Mischa Berlinski
-Life:Berlinski is a UC Berkeley graduate, and previously worked as a journalist in Thailand.His first novel, Fieldwork, is widely popular and has even been chosen as a book to read in school- primarily for the AP High School students such as those in IASAS schools.- Reviews :Fieldwork received...
. It was published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Farrar, Straus and Giroux is an American book publishing company, founded in 1946 by Roger W. Straus, Jr. and John C. Farrar. Known primarily as Farrar, Straus in its first decade of existence, the company was renamed several times, including Farrar, Straus and Young and Farrar, Straus and Cudahy...
and was a finalist that year for the National Book Award
National Book Award
The National Book Awards are a set of American literary awards. Started in 1950, the Awards are presented annually to American authors for literature published in the current year. In 1989 the National Book Foundation, a nonprofit organization which now oversees and manages the National Book...
, eventually losing out to Tree of Smoke
Tree of Smoke
Tree of Smoke is a 2007 novel by American author Denis Johnson which won the National Book Award for fiction and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. It is about a man named Skip Sands who joins the CIA in 1965, and begins working in Vietnam during the American involvement there. The time frame...
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