Going After Cacciato by Tim O'Brien

This complex novel is set during the Vietnam War and is told from the point of view of the protagonist, Paul Berlin. The story traces the events that ensue after Cacciato, a member of Berlin's squad, decides to go AWOL by walking from Vietnam to France, through Asia. Cacciato, an Italian word pronounced "cah-chyah-to" means "hunted"/"caught" in Italian.

The 941st greatest fiction book of all time


This book is on the following lists:

  1. - National Book Award - Fiction (National Book Foundation)
  2. - Donald Barthelme’s Reading List (Believer Mag)
  3. - How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Reading List (Thomas C. Foster)

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Going After Cacciato Mass Market Paperback 1573047 $11.47 $0.01 1992
Going After Cacciato Mass Market Paperback 757995 $9.00 $0.01 1980
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Going after Cacciato: A novel Mass Market Paperback 6423527 $0.01 1979
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Going After Cacciato by Tim O'Brien 5th (fifth) or Later Editi Edition [Paperback(1999)] Paperback 276980 $10.25 $3.62 1998