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Matterhorn
Karl Marlantes
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Description for Matterhorn
Paperback. 'One of the most profound and devastating novels ever to come out of Vietnam - or any war' Sebastian Junger, New York Times Thirty years in the making, this towering, critically acclaimed and huge international bestseller is now available in paperback. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 187 x 47. Weight in Grams: 578. 656 pages. Thirty years in the making, this towering, critically acclaimed and huge international bestseller is now available in paperback. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 196 x 187 x 47. Weight: 600.
'MY FAVOURITE BOOK OF ALL TIME' JEREMY CLARKSON
Fire Support Base Matterhorn: a fortress carved out of the grey-green mountain jungle. Cold monsoon clouds wreath its mile-high summit, concealing a battery of 105-mm howitzers surrounded by deep bunkers, carefully constructed fields of fire and the 180 marines of Bravo Company. Just three kilometres from Laos and two from North Vietnam, there is no more isolated outpost of America's increasingly desperate war in Vietnam.
Second Lieutenant Waino Mellas, 21 years old and just a few days into his 13-month tour, has barely arrived at Matterhorn before Bravo Company is ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
736
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848874961
SKU
V9781848874961
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Ref
99-10
About Karl Marlantes
A graduate of Yale University and a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University, Karl Marlantes served as a Marine in Vietnam, where he was awarded the Navy Cross, the Bronze Star, two Navy Commendation Medals for valour, two Purple Hearts and ten air medals. This is his first novel.
Reviews for Matterhorn
One of the most profound and devastating novels ever to come out of Vietnam - or any war
Sebastian Junger
New York Times
My favourite book of all time. I can't recommend it highly enough.
Jeremy Clarkson
The Times
Sebastian Junger
New York Times
My favourite book of all time. I can't recommend it highly enough.
Jeremy Clarkson
The Times