Going After Cacciato
by O'Brien, Tim
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0440530490
- ISBN 13
- 9780440530497
- Seller
-
New Port Richey, Florida, United States
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About This Item
Delta Book, 1979. First Thus . Soft cover. Very Good. Chiang, M.S.. (1st Delta) Large softcover, colorful illustration on front, spine and back wrappers of soldier running through jungle, bright gilt sticker on front "National Book Award" winner at bottom front wrapper right, praise on back wrapper from New York Times, Harper's, Los Angeles Times. 338 lightly browned pages plus biographical note. Light wear at top front edge, slight surface wear to spine edges, very slight wear at top back edge. Very Good.
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
- Callaghan Books South (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25073
- Title
- Going After Cacciato
- Author
- O'Brien, Tim
- Illustrator
- Chiang, M.S.
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0440530490
- ISBN 13
- 9780440530497
- Publisher
- Delta Book
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- War-Vietnam Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Vietnam Conflict;
Terms of Sale
Callaghan Books South
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About the Seller
Callaghan Books South
Biblio member since 2004
New Port Richey, Florida
About Callaghan Books South
An internet bookstore, we have added 20 books a day to our inventory for a total of more than 40,000, specializing in Poetry, Vietnam Conflict, Native American, Literary Criticism.
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