# Going After Cacciato - Paperback

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by **Tim O'Brien** (Author)

**A CLASSIC FROM THE _NEW YORK TIMES_ BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF _THE THINGS THEY CARRIED  
_**  
"To call _Going After Cacciato_ a novel about war is like calling _Moby-Dick_ a novel about whales."

So wrote _The_ _New York Times_ of Tim O'Brien's now classic novel of Vietnam. 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.

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### Front Jacket

To call Going After Cacciato a novel about war is like calling Moby-Dick a novel about whales.  
So wrote the "New York Times of Tim O'Brien's now classic novel of Vietnam. 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.

### Author Biography

**Tim O'Brien** received the 1979 National Book Award in fiction for _Going After Cacciato_. His other works include the Pulitzer finalist and a _New York Times_ Book of the Century, _The Things They Carried_; the acclaimed novels _Tomcat in Love_ and _Northern Lights_; and the national bestselling memoir _If I Die in a Combat Zone_. His novel _In the Lake of the Woods_ received the James Fenimore Cooper Prize from the Society of American Historians and was named the best novel of 1994 by _Time_. In 2010 he received the Katherine Anne Porter Award for a distinguished lifetime body of work and in 2012 he received the Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award from the Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundation. He was awarded the Pritzker Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing in 2013.

**Number of Pages:** 368

**Dimensions:** 0.98 x 8.04 x 5.24 IN

**Publication Date:** September 01, 1999

**Award:** National Book Awards (1979)

**Accelerated Reader:**

**Quiz Name:** Going After Cacciato

**Interest Level:** Upper Grades, 9-12

**Reading Level:** 4.6

**Point Value:** 14

## Details

- **Price:** 25.0 GBP
- **Vendor:** BooksCloud
- **Type:** Books
- **Tags:** Books, Fiction, Price Written on Book, Psychological, Suspense, Thrillers, War & Military

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