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Going After Cacciato: A Novel

Going After Cacciato: A Novel

Going After Cacciato: A Novel

Going After Cacciato: A Novel

by O'Brien, Tim

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  • very good
  • Hardcover
  • first
Condition
Very Good/Very Good + Dj
ISBN 10
0440029481
ISBN 13
9780440029489
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About This Item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Delacorte Press, 1978. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. About VG with faded edges, soiled top and fore-edge and worn at lower tips, small spot on front endpaper. Dust jacket has some light edgewear, a few short tears and a crease to the front flap, but is not price clipped, now looks bright and clean in a book jacket protector.Over all a fairly attractive copy of this essential modern novel of the Vietnam conflict..

Synopsis

Going After Cacciato is a war novel written by author Tim O'Brien and winner of the National Book Award for fiction in 1979. This complex novel is set during the Vietnam War and is told from the point of view of the protagonist, Paul Berlin. The story traces the events that ensue after Cacciato, a member of Berlin's squad, decides to go AWOL by walking from Vietnam to France, through Asia. Cacciato, an Italian word pronounced "cah-chyah-to" means "hunted"/"caught" in Italian.

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Bookseller
Black Dog Books US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
015408
Title
Going After Cacciato: A Novel
Author
O'Brien, Tim
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Very Good + Dj
Edition
First Edition, First Printing.
ISBN 10
0440029481
ISBN 13
9780440029489
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Place of Publication
New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published
1978

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