On the Yankee Station

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On the Yankee Station
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First edition (UK)
Author William Boyd
Cover artistCraig Dodd
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Publisher Hamish Hamilton (UK)
William Morrow (US)
Publication date
1981 (UK), 1982 (US)
Media typePrint & eBook
Pages186
ISBN 0-241-10426-2
823'.914[F]

On the Yankee Station is a short story collection by William Boyd. His first novel, A Good Man in Africa was published in 1981; this collection was published later that same year, [1] and includes two stories featuring Morgan Leafy, the anti-hero of the novel. [2] The title comes from one of the stories which is set at Yankee Station an operations centre for the US Navy during the Vietnam War. The collection has been a set text for English A-Level. [3]

Contents

Stories

Stories appearing in the first edition :

Additional stories

The following stories appear in later editions :

Reception

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