Going after Cacciato
by O'Brien, Tim
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0002233460
- ISBN 13
- 9780002233460
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Wheatfield, New York, 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
- A Good Read (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 69586
- Title
- Going after Cacciato
- Author
- O'Brien, Tim
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0002233460
- ISBN 13
- 9780002233460
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- 0002233460
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