Diezmo（ISBN=） 英文原版

　　At once a gut-wrenching parable of war and a stirring
coming-of-age adventure, The Diezmo tells the incredible story of
one of the most absurd and tragic military adventures in American
history. In the early days of the Republic of Texas, two young men,
barely sixteen years old and wild for glory, impulsively volunteer
for a military expedition assigned to patrol the Mexican border.
After being captured in a raid on the Mexican village of Mier, the
men of their expedition are sentenced to the grisly diezmo, in
which a random selection by bean lottery condemns one man in every
ten to his death. The imprisoned survivors make one desperate,
last-ditch bid for freedom with tragic results.

　　Rick Bass is the author of twenty-one books, including Where
the Sea Used to Be and Colter: The True Story of the Best Dog I
Ever Had. His stories have been awarded the Pushcart Prize and the
O. Henry Award and have been collected in The Best American Short
Stories. He lives in the Yaak Valley of Montana.