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Going After Cacciato

by O'BRIEN, Tim

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About This Item

London: Jonathan Cape, 1978. The dustwrapper is price-clipped (that was clipped by the publisher and another price sticker added). The first British edition of the author's exceedingly uncommon third book. O'Brien is the author of "If I Die in a Combat Zone". The first U.S. copy is about four times as costly.. First British Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine -- Price-Clipped.

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's Inventory #
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Title
Going After Cacciato
Author
O'BRIEN, Tim
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Near Fine -- Price-Clipped
Edition
First British Edition
Publisher
Jonathan Cape
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1978
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