Going After Cacciato
" To call "Going After Cacciato" a novel about war is like calling "Moby Dick" a novel about whales." So wrote "The New York Times" of Tim O'Brein's now classic novel of Vietnam. Winner of the 1979 National Book Award, "Going After Cacciato" captures the peculiar blend of horror and hallucinatory comedy that marked this the strangest of wars. Reality and fantasy merge in this fictional account of one private's sudden discussion to lay down his rifle and begin a quixotic journey from the of Indochina to the streets of Paris. Will Cacciato make it all the way? Or will he be yet another casualty of a conflict that seems to have no end? In its memorable evocation of men both fleeing and meeting the demands of the battle, "Going After Cacciato" stands as much more than just a great war novel. Ultimately it's about the forces of fear and heroism that do battle in the hearts of us all.
317 pages, 15 editions
English edition · First published 1978 by Flamingo · ISBN 9780006543077
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Editions
15 editions
English
- Going After Cacciato · Flamingo · 1988 · ISBN 9780006543077 This page
- Going After Cacciato · Brilliance Audio · 2013 · ISBN 9781469236193
- Going After Cacciato · Brilliance Audio · 2012 · ISBN 9781455851645
- Going After Cacciato · Random House Digital Inc. · 2009 · ISBN 9780307485502
- Going After Cacciato · Turtleback Books · 1999 · ISBN 9780606278508
- Going After Cacciato · Broadway Books · 1999 · ISBN 9780767904421
- Going After Cacciato · Broadway Books · 1999 · ISBN 9780613078764
- Going After Cacciato · Harperaudio · 1991 · ISBN 9781559943628
- Going After Cacciato · Perfection Learning Corporation · 1991 · ISBN 9780780707610
- Going After Cacciato · Delta · 1989 · ISBN 9780385283496
- Going After Cacciato · Triad · 1980 · ISBN 9780586049846
- Going After Cacciato: A Novel · Cape · 1978 · ISBN 9780224016261
- Going After Cacciato · Dell publishing · 1978 · ISBN 9780440329664
- Going After Cacciato · N . Y.: Dell, 1979 · ISBN 9789994451227
Russian
- Going After Cacciato · Books on Tape · ISBN 9785553672898
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