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Synopsis
In the jungles of Indochina, Private Cacciato decides to lay down his rifle and embark on a quixotic walk to Paris, leaving in his wake a trail of M&M candies and a platoon intent on bringing him back to the war -- and to reality.
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"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's Going 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 Cacciato is hard to fault, and will be hard to better."
--John Updike, "The New Yorker"
NATIONAL 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's "Going 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 Cacciato" is hard to fault, and will be hard to better."
"--"John Updike, "The New Yorker"
NATIONAL 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's "Going 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 Cacciato" is hard to fault, and will be hard to better."
" "John Updike, "The New Yorker""
NATIONAL 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's Going 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 Cacciato is hard to fault, and will be hard to better."
--John Updike, The New Yorker
About the Author
TIM O'BRIEN received the 1979 National Book Award in fiction for Going After Cacciato. His other works include the Pulitzer finalist and a New York Times Book of the Century, The Things They Carried; the acclaimed novels Tomcat in Love and Northern Lights; and the national bestselling memoir If I Die in a Combat Zone. His novel In the Lake of the Woods received the James Fenimore Cooper Prize from the Society of American Historians and was named the best novel of 1994 by Time. In 2010 he received the Katherine Anne Porter Award for a distinguished lifetime body of work and in 2012 he received the Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award from the Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundation. He was awarded the Pritzker Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing in 2013.
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Going After Cacciato
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Jonathan Cape, U.K., 1978
ISBN 10: 0224016261
ISBN 13: 9780224016261
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. This Is A Near Fine Copy Of The 1978 First U.K. Edition By Jonathan Cape. The Beautiful Dust Jacket (Wrap Around Art By M. S. Chiang) Is Near Fine With A Half Inch Closed Tear At Junction Of Back Panel And Flap. Like All Of These Copies, The Price Has Been Clipped And Replaced With £7.50 Sticker. This American Novel Which Employed The Magical Realism Used By Latin American Writers At That Time Won For Tim O'brien The 1979 National Book Award. "When I Stumbled Across A Mass-Market Copy Of Going After Cacciato, I Almost Didn¿T Read It; A Weak Yellowish Cover Of A Soldier In A Jungle Made It Look Like A Pulpy War-Action Novel, But A Skim Of The First Page Immediately Sucked Me In. . . . Here Was This Novel Where I Kept Having To Pause And Say To Myself Is This True? Can Things Really Work This Way?" Marie Myung-Ok Lee. Seller Inventory # 005469
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The book is bound in blue boards with bright silver letters on the spine. There is light wear on the spine tips. The contents are clean & unmarked, the binding is tight. States: "First published in Great Britain in 1978". The dust jacket has sticker removal marks on the front cover, otherwise clean & bright. It has the US price clipped off but the British price put on top of the clip. Seller Inventory # 2309 (Box 101)
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First UK Edition, First Printing. This is a true first edition, first printing (first impression) in a very rare near fine first state unclipped dustjacket. Colour of jacket at spine just a shade lighter than the rest and Light rubbing to the boards otherwise fine unread with no marks, signatures or inscriptions. pp. 171-72 tipped in cancel. The jacket's of most of the first printing of the UK edition were repriced or clipped and often both to find a original priced copy of £4.95 is very uncommon. Seller Inventory # 005128
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First British edition. Hardcover with dustjacket. Dark blue cloth-covered boards, gilt spine lettering, 8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches, 338 pp. Book very near fine (slight dust soiling, top edge of book block; minute bump, top edge of rear board). Dustcover very good plus (mild rubbing and wear; some inconspicuous wrinkling, lower aspect of front panel; price-clipped, with printed Cape price sticker added). (3214052). Seller Inventory # 2810
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First UK Edition, First Printing. This is a true first edition, first printing (first impression) in a very rare near fine first state unclipped dustjacket. Colour of jacket at spine just a shade lighter than the rest, a couple of very light spots to the edge of the text block. pp. 171-72 tipped in cancel attached at stub. The jacket's of most of the first printing of the UK edition were repriced or clipped and often both to find a original priced copy of £4.95 is very uncommon. Seller Inventory # 014113
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Jonathan Cape, 1978; first UK edition, bearing appropriate "First published." statement to copyright page; 338pp. Binding is tight, sturdy and square; bottom corners of boards and both ends of spine bumped, else very good; titling remains bright and bold. Price-clipped front flap of dust jacket bears previous price sticker; spine a bit sunned. Interior is free of previous owner markings. Ships same or next day from Dinkytown, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Seller Inventory # 329215
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First British edition. Hardcover. First printing. O'Brien's third book, a National Book Award winning novel. A fine copy in a fine price clipped dust jacket that has the usual price increase sticker on the front flap. A lovely copy. Seller Inventory # 162175
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First UK edition, there is an inscription by O'brien and signed at the title page. 338 pages, first edition stated. the dust jacket is clipped. the dust jacket is slightly creased at the outer edges with some small tears. the rear endpaper has a small hole. first UK edition of the authors third book.books are NOT signed. We will state signed at the description section. we confirm they are signed via email or stated in the description box. - Specializing in academic, collectiblle and historically significant, providing the utmost quality and customer service satisfaction. For any questions feel free to email us. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # X10285x
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Condition: fine. 1st UK Edition. 5p.l.,338pp. Octavo in original blue paper covered boards, beige endpapers and price clipped dust jacket with new price sticker (2nd state). A clean and bright copy in fine condition. The author's third book, about a recruit who decides to walk away from the Vietnam war and make his way overland to Paris. Winner of the National Book Award and one of the literary classics of the war. Seller Inventory # 105349
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