This is a book about how ordinary men thrust into the role of soldier in the midst of war use stories to deal whith their experiences. Excellent.

A powerful fictionalization of a Vietnam vet's experiences during, after and before the war. If you like Slaughterhouse Five you will like this book.

The real and the story blended.

One of the best books ever written. The man can tell a story.

For those who appreciate stories of war. These are well written stories about the experiences of one man and his plattoon during the war in Vietnam. They are a glimpse inside the mind of a soldier, sometimes dark and sometimes humerous but always very touching.

Good book, but not what I expected. Does a fine job exploring the items (real or intangible) that our military take and / or leave with them during conflict. Moving.

This book explores the idea "What makes a Self?" from the points of view of a young brain-damaged man, his sister, and the neuroscientist who tries to understand and then to help cure his injury. These three characters are very vivid. A fourth character is there mainly to provide a plot. The neuroscientist is clearly modeled on Oliver Sachs, the popularizer of neuroscience in such books as "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat." It would be interesting to read the two books together.

Writing from someone who can call on the anguish in his soul to make magic on the page. Heartbreaking, genius.

This is one of the better war books I have ever read, just for the fact that its different. It deals with the psychology of war, how they dealt with it before and after, and how he handles writing about it now as his career. The first chapter is amazing and undoubtedly the highlight of the read.

A tale full of loss, hope, and war. A great example of fictionalizing a true experience. I still think of subjects in this book long after I finished reading it