num_pages: 465
description: A man returns home from Vietnam to his now abandoned family homestead outside of Nashville, suffering from a serious psychological wound incurred in combat. He meets up with a childhood friend who is black, and together they battle against a platoon of Klansmen for the literal salvation of a local preacher.
language: English
title: Soldier's Joy
titlecomplete: Soldier's Joy
genres: Fiction
ratings_count: 162
awards: awardedAt: 599644800000
name: Lillian Smith Book Award
publisher: Penguin Books