Going After Cacciato
1978 novel by Tim O'Brien / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Going After Cacciato is an anti-war novel written by Tim O'Brien and first published by Delacorte Press in 1978. It won the U.S. National Book Award for Fiction.[1] O'Brien himself says that "Going After Cacciato is a war novel. However, this is a controversial idea due to the fact that the book is about a soldier going AWOL."[2]
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Author | Tim O'Brien |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | War novel |
Publisher | Delacorte Press (US) Jonathan Cape (UK) |
Publication date | January 1978 |
Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
Pages | 352 |
ISBN | 0-440-02948-1 |
OCLC | 3240718 |
813/.5/4 | |
LC Class | PZ4.O1362 Go PS3565.B75 |
Preceded by | Northern Lights (1973) |
Followed by | The Nuclear Age (1985) |
The novel is set during the Vietnam War and is told from the third person limited point of view of the protagonist, Paul Berlin. The story traces the events that ensue after Cacciato, a member of Berlin's squad, decides to go AWOL by walking from Vietnam to France, through Asia. Cacciato means "hunted"/"caught" in Italian.