The Phantom Blooper: A Novel of Vietnam.

HASFORD, Gustav.

$850.00

Item Number: 110439

New York: Bantam Books, 1990.

First edition of the author’s sequel to The Short-Timers, basis for the film Full Metal Jacket. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper with a full page inscription in the year of publication, “Gustav Hasford For My good friends Jeff and Jacquie from Uncle Gus  San Diego March, 1990.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light shelfwear. Cover art by Dru Blair.

The sequel to The Short-Timers, The Phantom Blooper: A Novel of Vietnam was intended to be the second of a "Vietnam Trilogy", but Hasford died before writing the third installment. The sequel made less of an impact than The Short-Timers, but was, nonetheless, highly regarded by reviewers.