Articles Related to Vietnam War novel
The Shadow of Arms by Hwang Sok-Yong
June 13, 2014
I’ve read other novels dealing with the Republic of Korean troops and the Vietnam War. All were combat novels. Hwang Sok-Yong's The Shadow of Arms (Seven Stories, 576 pp., $14.95, paper), on the other hand,…
Once Upon A Mulberry Field by C.L. Hoang
May 30, 2014
Nothing in the title of Once Upon A Mulberry Field by C.L. Hoang (Willow Stream, 392 pp., $15.95, paper) signals that this is a book dealing with the Vietnam War. Scrutiny of the cover reveals a…
Drafted by Andrew Atherton
May 13, 2014
Andrew Atherton tells us that his book, Drafted: The Mostly True Tales of a Rear Echelon Mother Fu**er (Treehouse Publishing, 294 pp., $14.95, paper; $4.39, Kindle), is a novel. The pseudonymous Atherton was drafted and served…
The Rest of Heaven Was Blue by Matthew Wilkins
March 5, 2014
There are a lot of Vietnam War-related graphic novels, but Matthew Wilkins' The Rest of Heaven was Blue (Amazon Digital Services, 67 pp., $4.99, Kindle) is the first I've reviewed. I leafed through it as…
My Vietnam War by E. E. ‘Doc’ Murdock
February 26, 2014
E. E. “Doc” Murdock tells us in the first sentence of My Vietnam War (H.O.T. Press, 329 pp., $12.95, paper; $3.99, Kindle) that the book is a novel and that he wants to make us understand…
The Gunny, Master Guns, and Bullets and Bandages by Raymond Hunter Pyle
February 24, 2014
Raymond Hunter Pyle is a two-tour Vietnam veteran who served in Da Nang, Cua Viet, and Dong Ha in 1967 and in Da Nang from 1968-69. I suspect he was a Marine Corps NCO, perhaps…
Author Query
February 20, 2014
Joseph Nasta would like a Vietnam veteran's help in reviewing his novel, which touches heavily on the Vietnam War. Nasta, a post-Vietnam War veteran, has filled the book with stories based on those he's heard…
Pointman by Robert L. Owens
February 12, 2014
Robert L. Owens's Pointman: A Novel of Love, War and Drugs (Delizon 310 pp., $12, paper) is that rare autobiographical Vietnam War novel published in France. The title character, the pointman, is Spec 4 Warren Steele,…
Scott Ely's 'Starlight' Now an E Book
February 5, 2014
Scott Ely's Starlight , one of the first acclaimed literary Vietnam War novels, first published in 1987, has just been released as an e book (Open Road Media; $14.99). Ely, a Vietnam veteran, died last…
An American Soldier in Vietnam By Steven Alexander
January 29, 2014
I had to really dig to figure out if An American Soldier in Vietnam (Page Publishing, 202 pp., $14.95, paper) was a memoir or a novel. In the Afterward, author Steven Alexander tells us that…