Going After Cacciato
by O'Brien, Tim
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0613078764
- ISBN 13
- 9780613078764
- Seller
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Beverly Hills, California, United States
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About This Item
Delacorte Press/ Seymour Lawrence. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. First edition, first printing, 1978. Book near fine, with very slight discoloration along top and bottom edges of spine and boards, signed and inscribed by previous owner on fly title. DJ near fine, except for sligth creasing on front flap, tiny tear at top of spine, slight rubbing at spine ends, corners, and top edge of back, slight discoloration along top edges of flaps.
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
- Bookbid Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003216
- Title
- Going After Cacciato
- Author
- O'Brien, Tim
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Jacket Condition
- Dust Jacket Included
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0613078764
- ISBN 13
- 9780613078764
- Publisher
- Delacorte Press/ Seymour Lawrence
- This edition first published
- 1999-10
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