Lawrence Tirino: 2 books

The sound of a stick smacking against wood brings us out of a dream; brings us to this instant. The rose withers, but the perfume remains. One song ends, another begins; the dance goes on. Like any love story there is a beginning and an end; but not always in that order. We seek to know who we are without realizing what we are not. If I show you the darkness will you see the light?

This is a story of a man who grew up in the fifties and went to Viet Nam. He came back to work for the CIA in South America during the 1970s and eventually became a contractor for Booze Allen. At some point he undergoes a change of conscious, steals his desk files, and turns them into stories that...