"A remarkable literary feat. Written with verve, dry humor, excellent characterization, and political savvy, this murder mystery is, simultaneously, a searing indictment of Ho Chi Minhs Vietnam and... This description may be from another edition of this product.
A great book. Fun. But all the facts,too- about why we were in Vietnam, and how we actually won it. This makes the book especially relevant today, how we shouldn't let the peaceniks make us winp out and leave Iraq before the job is done. So if you like your mystery stories with something serious to them, this is the book for you! And if you know anyone like Kimberley Dayline(one of the more amusing characters), I'm happy for you.
TERSE, POWERFUL WRITING
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
This book reminds me of Raymond Chandler's. It's written clean, hard and fast. None of the flowery nonsense one finds in some novels. The subject is murder and the writing is as hard as the cop who investigates. There is romance here too. One great read.
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