Dog Soldiers (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Robert Stone
- First Published: 1974
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social morality
- Time of Work: The early 1970’s, approaching the end of the Vietnam War
- Setting: South Vietnam and California
- Genres: Long fiction, Satire
- Subjects: 1970’s, North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Journalism or journalists, California, West, U.S., Vietnam War, Heroin, Drug trafficking or dealing, Indochina
- Locales: California, South Vietnam, Vietnam
Characters Discussed
John Converse, a journalist covering the Vietnam War. Timid and paranoid, Converse once aspired to be a serious writer, but now he squanders his talent by writing for Elmer Bender’s sensationalist tabloid Nightbeat. He plots to smuggle three kilograms of pure heroin from Vietnam to the United States with the help of his friend Ray Hicks; however, Converse loses control of the action he starts. When he returns to California, he discovers that both Hicks and Marge have disappeared, taking the smuggled heroin with them. Converse is tortured by two...
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