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by Denis Johnson
Published Sep 2008
Read ReviewsThis story of Skip Sands - spy-in-training, engaged in Psychological Operations against the Vietcong - and the disasters that befall him thanks to his famous uncle, a war hero known in intelligence circles simply as the Colonel.
by Tom Bissell
Published Mar 2008
Read ReviewsOpening with a gripping account of the chaotic and brutal last month of the war, The Father of All Things is Tom Bissells powerful reckoning with the Vietnam War and its impact on his father, his country, and Vietnam itself.
by Robert Crais
Published Jan 2006
Read ReviewsA stunning, edge-of-your-seat suspense novel that leads Detective Elvis Cole to the very thing he's always searched for the dark secrets of his own life and the father he never knewas well as a brutal killer determined to stop him.
by Daniel Silva
Published Feb 2005
Read ReviewsRich with sharply etched characters and prose, and a plot of astonishing intricacy, this is an uncommonly intelligent thriller by one of our very best writers.
by David Maraniss
Published Oct 2004
Read ReviewsMoving between the campus at Madison and the jungles of Vietnam, with side trips to Hanoi and Washington, the tale unfolds with a magisterial sweep that recaptures the war and its era, filled with moral ambiguity and moral conviction.
by James Webb
Published Aug 2002
Read ReviewsA page-turning mystery, shot through with adventure and intrigue that captures the Vietnam of past and present --- its beauty and squalor, its politics and people.
by Bill A. Mesce Jr., Steven G. Szilagyi
Published Jun 2001
Read ReviewsSeamlessly blends military intrigue, relentless suspense, and a baffling mystery.
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