Going After Cacciato (Masterplots II: American Fiction Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Tim O’Brien
- First Published: 1976
- Type of Plot: Impressionistic realism
- Time of Work: 1968
- Setting: Vietnam
- Principal Characters: Paul Berlin, Cacciato, Lieutenant Corson, Doc Peret, Oscar Johnson, Stink Harris, Sarkin Aung Wan, Li Van Hgoc
- Genres: Psychological fiction
- Subjects: 1960’s
- Locales: Vietnam
The Novel
Going After Cacciato is a novel about the Vietnam War, memory, and the imagination. The novel develops three distinct yet interwoven strands. The first is the story, told mostly in flashback, of Paul Berlin’s experiences in the U.S. Army in 1968, the height of the Vietnam War. The second strand consists of ten chapters, each entitled “The Observation Post.” In these chapters, Paul Berlin is on night watch at Quang Ngai. The “Observation Post” chapters are chronologically later than the chapters detailing Paul’s experiences. Throughout the night, he...
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