An intense, harrowing recounting of Larry Heinemann’s brutal tour of duty in Southeast Asia that tragically and irrevocably altered his life and that of his family, and the long journey of mourning that led him, ultimately, to reconciliation.
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"I came across this while researching a documentary project. Anyone who served in Vietnam will find Larry Heinemann to be honest and quiute interesting as he returns to Vietnam in the 1990's. This is the third of a trilogy of stories he has written about Vietnam, but the first non-fiction. "
— Ron (5 out of 5 stars)
" I came across this while researching a documentary project. Anyone who served in Vietnam will find Larry Heinemann to be honest and quiute interesting as he returns to Vietnam in the 1990's. This is the third of a trilogy of stories he has written about Vietnam, but the first non-fiction. "
— Ron, 12/19/2012Larry Heinemann is an American novelist born and raised in Chicago .His novel Paco’s Story won the National Book Award. His body of work—three novels and a memoir—is primarily concerned with the Vietnam War. He served a combat tour as a conscripted draftee in Viet Nam from 1967 to 1968 with the 25th Infantry Division and has described himself as the most ordinary of soldiers.