Hocus Pocus
Author: Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Alternative cover of this ISBN here: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2… Hocus Pocus is the fictional autobiography of a West Point graduate who was in charge of the humiliating evacuation of U.S. personnel from the Saigon rooftops at the close of the Vietnam War. Returning home from the war, he unknowingly fathered an illegitimate son. In 2001, the son begins a searc….Read More
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