New York, New York, U.S.A.: Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence, 1978. 2d Ptg. . Cloth. Good/Fair. Larger book, blue cloth, lightly browned at top and bottom edges, spine slightly sunken, tiny wear spot and creases at spine bottom, gilt facsimile signature at bottom front, tiny surface wear spot at bottom front, 338 lightly browned pages. DJ glossy with color-illustration of man with rifle running through foliage on front, spine and back. DJ has very slight wear to top front tip, microtear and tiny nick at top front edge, tiny tear with slight wear and tiny nick at spine top edge, light wear to spine bottom edge. Fair DJ/Good book.

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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: Callaghan Books South (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 40395
Title: Going After Cacciato: A Novel
Author: O'Brien, Tim
Format/Binding: Cloth
Book Condition: Used - Good
Jacket Condition: Fair
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 2d Ptg.
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0440029481
ISBN 13: 9780440029489
Publisher: Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence
Place of Publication: New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1978
Keywords: Vietnam Fiction
Bookseller catalogs: Vietnam Conflict;

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