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On its publication in 1982 James Carroll called Donald Pfarrer's Neverlight 'the most intelligent and moving novel that I have read about Vietnam'. Paul Fussell wrote that it was 'one of the finest novels "about war" I've ever read, and that includes A Farewell to Arms'. Now, more than twenty years later, Pfarrer revisits the conflict and creates a modern classic - an epic war novel that bears comparison with Mailer's The Naked and the Dead. Captain MacHugh Clare is a seasoned soldier. His men respect him above all others. His mission is to lead his company into the mountains and destroy a hidden cache of the enemy's weapons. This incursion stirs up a deadly resistance. With Mac is Paul Adrano, a Catholic chaplain who has volunteered to serve in combat to test his faith - and test it he does. Adrano also slowly realizes that his vow of celibacy is incompatible with his feelings for Rebecca Vanburen, a Navy nurse treating wounded marines at Da Nang. As Mac's company struggles with the North Vietnamese, The Fearless Man also tells of the struggle of Sarah Clare back home, of her awakening to the new opportunities opening for women in the late sixties. The Fearless Man gives the reade
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Review:
"It is impressive in its ability to draw you in to the battle-scenes... Reminiscent of Hemingway and James Jones... The Fearless Man leaves you desolate and exhausted" (Guardian)
"Pfarrer writes with grand confidence...The Fearless Man is a book that unites clear, tight language with painful imagery...Bluntly evokes the horrible etiquette of warfare" (New York Times Book Review)
"In its brawling, battle-ready topos and the lyricism of its passages, The Fearless Man harks back to Hemingway...The Vietnam War becomes the forge and test of its combatants' courage" (Times Literary Supplement)
"A study of fear and courage... Three perceptive acts in which Pfarrer's complex, engaging characters face their deepest fears" (Time Out)
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"Pfarrer writes with grand confidence...The Fearless Man is a book that unites clear, tight language with painful imagery...Bluntly evokes the horrible etiquette of warfare" (New York Times Book Review)
"In its brawling, battle-ready topos and the lyricism of its passages, The Fearless Man harks back to Hemingway...The Vietnam War becomes the forge and test of its combatants' courage" (Times Literary Supplement)
"A study of fear and courage... Three perceptive acts in which Pfarrer's complex, engaging characters face their deepest fears" (Time Out)
Destined to become a classic, an excruciatingly realistic story of a marine captain as he descends into the maelstrom of infantry combat in Vietnam.
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- PublisherJonathan Cape Ltd
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 0224084631
- ISBN 13 9780224084635
- BindingPaperback
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