Going After Cacciato
by O'Brien, Tim
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good -/Very Good -
- Seller
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Round Lake, 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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Details
- Bookseller
- Juniper Point Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 101-09-08
- Title
- Going After Cacciato
- Author
- O'Brien, Tim
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good -
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good -
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Delacorte Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1978
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