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Plot Summary of The Drifters
"At the height of the Vietnam War, young men had to make decisions too complicated for them know the repercussions of their actions. Should they evade the draft, or take their chances of avoiding the war by becoming professional students? The protagonist makes his decision to make a run for it. His heart's broken, but so is his future if he's drafted into the Army. He travels around the world, and along with six runaway drifters join in an orgy of dreams, drugs, and a dedication to hedonistic pleasures of every kind. "
F. Scott Sinclair, Resident Scholar

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