Going After Cacciato: A Novel [Paperback]

A CLASSIC FROM THENEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLING AUTHOR OFTHE THINGS THEY CARRIED

To callGoing After Cacciatoa novel about war is like callingMoby-Dicka novel about whales.

So wroteTheNew York Timesof Tim O'Brien's now classic novel of Vietnam. Winner of the 1979 National Book Award,Going After Cacciatocaptures the peculiar mixture of horror and hallucination that marked this strangest of wars.

In a blend of reality and fantasy, this novel tells the story of a young soldier who one day lays down his rifle and sets off on a quixotic journey from the jungles of Indochina to the streets of Paris. In its memorable evocation of men both fleeing from and meeting the demands of battle,Going After Cacciatostands 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.

Now with Extra Libris material, including a reader’s guide and bonus contentNATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER

Simply put, the best novel written about the war. I do not know . . . any writer, journalist, or novelist who does not concede that position to O'Brien'sGoing After Cacciato.
—Miami Herald

A novel of great beauty and importance.
—Boston Globe

Stark . . . rhapsodic. . . . It is a canvas painted vividly, hauntingly, disturbingly by Tim O'Brien.
—Los Angeles Times

As a fictional portrait of this war,Going After Cacciatois hard to fault, and will be hard to better.
—John Updike,The New Yorker

TIM O’BRIENreceived the 1979 National Book Award in fiction forGoing After Cacciato. His other works include the Pulitzer finalist and aNew York TimesBook of the Century,The Things They Carried; the acclaimed novelsTomcat in Love