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Going After Cacciato
by O'brien, Tim
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0440029481
- ISBN 13
- 9780440029489
- Seller
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south dartmouth, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
New York: Delacorte, 1978. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition.. The DJ is unclipped, very tight and clean. Signed by the author on the title page, not inscribed to anyone. Stated First Edition on the copyright page. By the author of "If I Die In a Combat Zone, Box Me Up and Send Me Home." Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Wayward Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021297
- Title
- Going After Cacciato
- Author
- O'brien, Tim
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition.
- ISBN 10
- 0440029481
- ISBN 13
- 9780440029489
- Publisher
- Delacorte
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1978
- Bookseller catalogs
- Signed First Editions; Vietnam; Signed By Author;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Wayward Books
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south dartmouth, Massachusetts
About Wayward Books
Rare and Out of Print Books
Specialities are: Steinbeck, Vietnam War Literature, Cape Cod and the Islands, Melville, Thomas Merton, Signed First Editions.
Specialities are: Steinbeck, Vietnam War Literature, Cape Cod and the Islands, Melville, Thomas Merton, Signed First Editions.
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- First Edition
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.