The World Played Chess

Author: Robert Dugoni
Genre: Fiction
Publisher: Amazon Publishing, 2021
Pages: 400
Rating: Highly Recommend

Synopsis: In 1970, 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.

Review: I don't read male authors often, and even more rarely do I read war novels. However, I loved The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell so much that of course I was going to read The World Played Chess. What a novel! I will read everything Dugoni writes now.

There are three timelines to follow in this book, and alternating between them is masterfully done. There isn't a thing I would change about this novel.