"To callGoing After Cacciatoa novel about war is like callingMoby-Dicka novel about whales." So wrote theNew York Timesof Tim O'Brien's now classic novel of Vietnam. Winner of the 1979 National Book Award,Going After Cacciatocaptures 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 Cacciatostands 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. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

Tim O'Brien was born on October 1, 1946 in Austin, Minnesota. He graduated from Macalester College in 1968 and was immediately drafted into the U. S. Army, serving from 1969 to 1970 and receiving a Purple Heart.

Three years later, his memoirs of the Vietnam War were published as If I Die in a Combat Zone, Box Me Up and Ship Me Home. Later works include Northern Lights (1975), Going After Cacciato (1978, winner of the National Book Award), and The Things They Carried (1990, winner of the Melcher Book Award and finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award).

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