num_pages: 352
description: In Saigon during the last stages of the Vietnam war, a small-time journalist named John Converse thinks he'll find action - and profit - by getting involved in a big-time drug deal. But back in the States, things go badly wrong for him.
language: English
title: Dog Soldiers
titlecomplete: Dog Soldiers
genres: Classics, Mystery, Novels, War, Thriller, Historical Fiction, Literature, Literary Fiction, Fiction, Crime
ratings_count: 6900
places: Saigon, San Francisco, California
awards: awardedAt: 157795200000
name: National Book Award
category: Fiction
publisher: Picador