Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War

Corvus, London, 2010. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good Condition. First impression. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 600 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. The book has been read and carries some marks and creases. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. Intense, powerful, and compelling, Matterhorn is an epic war novel in the tradition of Norman Mailer's The Naked and the Dead and James Jones' The Thin Red Line. It is the timeless story of a young Marine lieutenant, Waino Mellas, and his comrades in Bravo Company, who are dropped into the mountain jungle of Vietnam as boys and forced to fight their way into manhood. Standing in their way are not merely the North Vietnamese but also monsoon rain and mud, leeches and tigers, disease and malnutrition. Almost as daunting, it turns out, are the obstacles they discover between each other: racial tension, competing ambitions, and duplicitous superior officers. But when the company finds itself surrounded and outnumbered by a massive enemy regiment, the Marines are thrust into the raw and all-consuming terror of combat. The experience will change them forever. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Military & Warfare; United States; 1960s; Biography & Autobiography. ISBN: . ISBN/EAN: 9781848874954. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 9959. . 9781848874954