Bibliograph

Matterhorn, a novel of the Vietnam War, Karl Marlantes

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Matterhorn, a novel of the Vietnam War, Karl Marlantes

Language

eng

Illustrations

maps

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Matterhorn

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

881683818

Responsibility statement

Karl Marlantes

Sub title

a novel of the Vietnam War

Summary

In the tradition of Norman Mailer's "The Naked and the Dead" and James Jones's "The Thin Red Line," Marlantes tells the powerful and compelling story of a young Marine lieutenant, Waino Mellas, and his comrades in Bravo Company, who are dropped into the mountain jungle of Vietnam as boys and forced to fight their way into manhood

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