Synopsis
Kirkus Reviews calls Somebody's Catching Hell a "sharply written war novel that powerfully evokes the camaraderie and conflict of a Marine headquarters during wartime" and says it is "a must for aficionados of the genre." The book is the story of a team of Marine intelligence personnel during the months leading up to the Tet Offensive of 1968 in South Vietnam. The story carries the team through a steamy summer and monsoon winter as it searches for an illusive enemy on glossy aerial photographs. The novel captures the team's daring hijinks around Da Nang - brazenly exploring the off-limit Asian city, checking out brothels, getting shot at on now-fabled China Beach, executing a bold panty raid during a Bob Hope Show. One Marine, feeling guilty about his desk job, keeps trying to transfer to a combat unit despite warning that he may get what he wishes for. Another becomes involved in a perilous romance with a willowy Vietnamese woman who may also have a Viet Cong lover. During the Tet Offensive the entire team is called upon to shove aside its stereoscopes and race to defend a strategic bridge from attack by a main force enemy battalion. This novel joins Fields of Fire, Matterhorn, and The Things They Carried in the gritty literature of the Vietnam War.
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Somebody's Catching Hell
Vendeur : Revaluation Books, Exeter, Royaume-Uni
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Paperback. Etat : Brand New. 343 pages. 7.80x5.00x1.20 inches. In Stock. N° de réf. du vendeur zk1732908710
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