Going After Cacciato: A Novel
by O'Brien, Tim
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good + Dj
- ISBN 10
- 0440029481
- ISBN 13
- 9780440029489
- Seller
-
Emerson, New Jersey, United States
Item Price
£44.52
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Delacorte Press, 1978. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. About VG with faded edges, soiled top and fore-edge and worn at lower tips, small spot on front endpaper. Dust jacket has some light edgewear, a few short tears and a crease to the front flap, but is not price clipped, now looks bright and clean in a book jacket protector.Over all a fairly attractive copy of this essential modern novel of the Vietnam conflict..
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Black Dog Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015408
- Title
- Going After Cacciato: A Novel
- Author
- O'Brien, Tim
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good + Dj
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing.
- ISBN 10
- 0440029481
- ISBN 13
- 9780440029489
- Publisher
- Delacorte Press
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1978
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- Jacket
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- First Edition
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- Price Clipped
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- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...