Going After Cacciato.
by O'Brien, Tim
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0224016261
- ISBN 13
- 9780224016261
- Seller
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Kanab, Utah, United States
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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
- Boojum and Snark Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2810
- Title
- Going After Cacciato.
- Author
- O'Brien, Tim
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Jacket Condition
- Dust Jacket Included
- Edition
- F
- ISBN 10
- 0224016261
- ISBN 13
- 9780224016261
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape; London; 1978.
- Place of Publication
- London
- This edition first published
- 1978
- Keywords
- TIM O'BRIEN, FICTION, NOVEL, ISBN 0224016261 WAR, VIETNAM
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