Chapter One The narrator assures us that the book we are about to read is true, more or less. ... The book, Céline and His Vision, is a story of a French soldier whose skull gets cracked during World War I. ... In his own mind, Weary narrates the war stories he will one day tell. ... In his head he refers to them and himself as the Three Musketeers, and tells himself the story of how the Three Musketeers saved the life of a dumb college kid. ... His father tries to teach him how to swim by the sink-or-swim method. ...

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• Grade Level: High School