Better Times Than These

by Winston Groom

Book Overview

An extraordinary first novel, hailed as one of the great, authentic novels of the Vietnam War, from the bestselling author of Forrest Gump. 1966: Billy Kahn finds himself Executive Officer of Bravo... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671522663
• ISBN13: 9780671522667
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Pocket Books
• Length: 450 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

1 of the 3 best Novels on VietNam

This book has never gotten the respect due it and that is a shame. This is the best early war novel on the market. Things are new and we are learning the way things are going to be. This anti-war movement has not really started and fighting is the news. This is Groom's first book and I have a first edition that I would not part with. Read this one first, "Sand in the Wind" next and the "13th Valley" last. These books are the war as it was lived and fought. They are some of the best war fiction ever written.

A fine Vietnam war novel - easy to read, hard to put down

This is a very fine novel - one of the best about Vietnam. It has a good, authentic story line, interesting and well developed characters and solid writing. It's easy to read and hard to put down. I think anyone interested in the Vietnam war experience would find it well worth reading.

The true war experience

Winston Groom captures the essence of the Viet Nam war in this remarkable book. As you travel with these soldiers to Viet Nam and into battle, you feel all the emotions that made this war so controversial. Groom's writing is so vivid that it brings the war right to your doorstep where it can't be ignored or misunderstood. A powerful must-read. Once you start Better Times than These, you won't be able to put it down. And after you've read it, you won't be able to get it out of your mind.

extrordinary

This is by far Groom's best book. A beautiful portrayal of the grusome war called Vietnam. It sucks you in and you can not put it down. Groom goes into depth of the charecters so well, you feel that you know them. I would recommend this book to any one with the interest in a great saga. I want to read this book again and again, it's so good.

What a wonderful and well-written book

I had originally noticed Winston Groom, probably like millions of others worldwide, by the smash success of Forrest Gump. I picked up a few novels by Mr.Groom and I have to say that I enjoyed this far more than his famous book turned major motion picture. This book was extremely funny in parts, sad in parts and very dramatic. He paints such a picture with his writing and I have to say it is one of the most enjoyable books I have ever read. I cannot believe it was never turned into a movie, like most great books are. The only thing I was disappointed about when while reading was when it was over.