Going After Cacciato

O'Brien, Tim

ISBN 10: 0385283490 / ISBN 13: 9780385283496

Published by Delta, 1979

About this Item

Inscribed and signed by O'Brien on title page. Published 1989. Fifth Printing. Softcover. 301 pp. ~5.5" x 8.25". Very Good Condition. Please examine photos closely. Light wear & aging to covers. Bruise to front upper right corner. Binding is firm. Bruising to upper page corners; o/w interior is age toned, free of markings.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1748628677698

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Going After Cacciato
• Publisher: Delta
• Publication Date: 1979
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0385283490
• ISBN 13: 9780385283496
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Novel

About this title

Synopsis

"To call Going After Cacciato a novel about war is like calling Moby Dick a novel about whales."



So wrote The New York Times of Tim O'Brien's now classic novel of Vietnam. Winner of the 1979 National Book Award, Going After Cacciato captures the peculiar blend of horror and hallucinatory comedy that marked this strangest of wars. Reality and fantasy merge in this fictional account of one private's sudden decision to lay down his rifle and begin a quixotic journey from the jungles of Indochina to the streets of Paris. Will Cacciato make it all the way? Or will he be yet another casualty of a conflict that seems to have no end? In its memorable evocation of men both fleeing and meeting the demands of battle, Going After Cacciato stands as much more than just a great war novel. Ultimately it's about the forces of fear and heroism that do battle in the hearts of us all.

About the Author

Tim O'Brien received the 1979 National Book Award in Fiction for Going After Cacciato. His novel The Things They Carried won France's prestigious Prix de Meilleur Livre Etranger and the Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize. His two most recent novels, In the Lake of the Woods and Tomcat in Love, were national bestsellers.