Going After Cacciato
by O'Brien, Tim
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0440029481
- ISBN 13
- 9780440029489
- Seller
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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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- Bookseller
- funyettabooks (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018153
- Title
- Going After Cacciato
- Author
- O'Brien, Tim
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0440029481
- ISBN 13
- 9780440029489
- Publisher
- Delacorte Press
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1978
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Fiction
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