NY, Bantam, (1990). His second novel, a sequel to The Short-Timers, with several of the same characters, including the title character. Inscribed by Hasford to Kent Anderson: "For Kent Anderson (Page 6) - a brother in darkness and in light - from Gus/ Gustav Hasford/ San Clemente/ Jan. 5, 1989." On page 6, an arrow by Hasford points to the paragraph in which "the Phantom Blooper has wasted Lieutenant Kent Anderson..." A surprisingly uncommon book for a sequel to what Newsweek had called "the best novel of the Vietnam war," but Hasford had by then fallen out with the people with whom he won an Academy Award for Full Metal Jacket, and he had served time in jail for his book thefts. He wrote, at one point, that this book was "born dead" because his editor had "gone insane" but it's easy to imagine that by this time Hasford was an erratic and unreliable character, from the publisher's point of view, and the publisher cut back on the book's print run to minimize its losses. It is especially scarce signed, and probably the only signed copies are, like this one, association copies. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#030118] SOLD