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Going After Cacciato. [trade paperback]
by O'Brien, Tim
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- VG. (light cover edge wear, scattered tick marks & underlining in pencil. a VG+ reading copy)
- ISBN 10
- 0385283490
- ISBN 13
- 9780385283496
- Seller
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Beverly Hills, Florida, United States
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About This Item
NY. Delta/Dell. (February, 1979) TRADE PAPERBACK. VG. (light cover edge wear, scattered tick marks & underlining in pencil. a VG+ reading copy) Small 8vo. Later 13th Printing. xiv. + 306pp.
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
- Booktopia (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5050514
- Title
- Going After Cacciato. [trade paperback]
- Author
- O'Brien, Tim
- Format/Binding
- TRADE PAPERBACK
- Book Condition
- Used - VG. (light cover edge wear, scattered tick marks & underlining in pencil. a VG+ reading copy)
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0385283490
- ISBN 13
- 9780385283496
- Publisher
- Delta/Dell.
- Place of Publication
- NY.
- Date Published
- (February, 1979)
- Pages
- xiv. + 306pp.
- Keywords
- 20th Century American Literature Fiction Novels Vietnam War, 1979 National Book Award
- Size
- Small 8vo.
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- Trade Paperback
- Used to indicate any paperback book that is larger than a mass-market paperback and is often more similar in size to a hardcover...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...