477 77795c40-9a5a-472c-86a5-3930d4a6fd77 Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War Karl Marlantes calibre (0.8.17) [http://calibre-ebook.com] 2010-03-23T07:00:00+00:00 <p class="description">Intense, powerful, and compelling,Matterhornis an epic war novel in the tradition of Norman Mailer’sThe Naked and the Deadand James Jones’sThe Thin Red Line. It is the timeless story of a young Marine lieutenant, Waino Mellas, and his comrades in Bravo Company, who are dropped into the mountain jungle of Vietnam as boys and forced to fight their way into manhood. Standing in their way are not merely the North Vietnamese but also monsoon rain and mud, leeches and tigers, disease and malnutrition. Almost as daunting, it turns out, are the obstacles they discover between each other: racial tension, competing ambitions, and duplicitous superior officers. But when the company finds itself surrounded and outnumbered by a massive enemy regiment, the Marines are thrust into the raw and all-consuming terror of combat. The experience will change them forever. Written by a highly decorated Marine veteran over the course of thirty years,Matterhornis a spellbinding and unforgettable novel that brings to life an entire world—both its horrors and its thrills—and seems destined to become a classic of combat literature.</p> Atlantic Monthly Press aWmi9nbSr04C 9780802119285 eng General Literary Fiction Vietnam War History Military War Stories War & Military Vietnam War; 1961-1975