Going After Cacciato

by Tim O'Brien

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'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'Brien's now classic...

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Details

AuthorTim O'Brien

First published1979

Era1950–1979

PublisherDelta

LanguageEnglish

FormatPaperback

ConditionVery good

Reference356385-very-good

The Story

'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'Brien'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 strangest of wars. Reality and fantasy merge in this fictional account of one private's sudden decision to lay down his rifle and begin a quixotic journey from the jungles 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 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.