Going After Cacciato
by O'brien, Tim
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0440530490
- ISBN 13
- 9780440530497
- Seller
-
Calgary , Alberta, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Dell, 1979 First Delta Paperback Edition Oct 1979 Vg Copy Of This National Book Award Winning Novel About The War In Vietnam, Foil Medallion On Front Cover. Slight Toning Beginning At Edges, Light Crease To Upper Front Corner. No Writing Or Marks, No Reading Creases. Paperclip Outline Part Way Through, Presume Book Mark. Very Good Trade Paperback, 1St Thus.
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
- Sparkle Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003092
- Title
- Going After Cacciato
- Author
- O'brien, Tim
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0440530490
- ISBN 13
- 9780440530497
- Publisher
- Dell
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1979
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- FICTION VIET NAM WAR
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Sparkle Books
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Calgary , Alberta
About Sparkle Books
I search out used books on principle to highlight their value, keep them circulating and out of the landfill (and just because I am compelled to tell people to "read this"!)
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- VG
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- 1st Thus
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- Edges
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