Going After Cacciato by Tim O'Brien

Name: Going After Cacciato by Tim O'Brien
Start: 2025-01-29T19:30:00+01:00
Location: Coffee Circus Lisboa

Schedule

Wed, 29 Jan, 2025 at 07:30 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Coffee Circus Lisboa | Valletta, MA

For 2025 we will be reading one more book than usual. We will be starting the year with O'Brien's Vietnam War novel which will be the first time that we will be venturing into this setting.
Goodreads book description:
'Winner of the 1979 National Book Award, Going After Cacciato captures the peculiar mixture of horror and hallucination that marked this strangest of wars.
In a blend of reality and fantasy, this novel tells the story of a young soldier who one day lays down his rifle and sets off on a quixotic journey from the jungles of Indochina to the streets of Paris. In its memorable evocation of men both fleeing from and meeting the demands of battle, Going After Cacciato stands as much more than just a great war novel. Ultimately it's about the forces of fear and heroism that do battle in the hearts of us all.'