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Name: Going After Cacciato
Author: Tim O'Brien
Year: 1978
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Popularity: 3.4
Genres/categories: War/Military, Award winners, Classic

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ISBN:
9780224016261
9781559943628
9785557081078
0224016261
1559943629
5557081070
Winner of the National Book Award for Fiction in 1979.

Winner of the 1979 National Book Award, Going After Cacciato captures the peculiar mixture of horror and hallucination that marked this strangest of wars.

In a blend of reality and fantasy, this novel tells the story of a young soldier who one day lays down his rifle and sets off on a quixotic journey from the jungles of Indochina to the streets of Paris.
In its memorable evocation of men both fleeing from and meeting the demands of 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.
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