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Vince flynn, author of pursuit of honor matterhorn is one of the most powerful and moving novels about combat, the vietnam war, and war in general that i have ever read. In matterhorn, karl marlantes, a vietnam combat veteran and rhodes scholar,3 has created what may be the finest novel yet written on the vietnam war. Honour is among fellow soldiers is surely the greatest motivator of men in dire circumstances. A novel of the vietnam war1 sarah boyce2 in matterhorn, karl marlantes, a vietnam combat veteran and rhodes scholar,3 has created what may be the finest novel yet written on the vietnam war. Matterhorn by karl marlantes book club discussion questions. Karl marlantes, the author of the book matterhorn, began work on the novel in 1970, but the book was not published until 2010. In the first of two equal parts, the reader slogs along with the men. Matterhorn is one of those countless hills in vietnam that makes young mens lives so cheap.
Karl mariantes has hit the nail on the head about the feel and sense of any war. A novel of the vietnam war isnt your ordinary war novel, it will give the reader an historically accurate and alarming vivid experience of the conflict that took place over 40 years ago in south east asia. Matterhorn author karl marlantes, august 20, 2010 the times london. He shows due respect to the nva that were often demeaned in other books. An incredible publishing storywritten over the course of thirty years by a highly decorated vietnam veteran, a new york times bestseller for sixteen weeks. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading matterhorn. Matterhorn is an epic war novel in the tradition of norman mailers the naked and the dead and james jones the thin red line. What makes this novel so irresistible is marlantes skill at peeling away the many layers of truth in combat. Matterhorn should be a great book and is a great book. He played football and was student body president at.
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