Query: Novels set in Vietnam not based on actual events
Domain: books
Relevant documents:
Operation Burning Candle
Saigon (Killmaster novel)
Avenger (Forsyth novel)
Up Country
Dumb Luck (novel)
The Book of Salt
Monkey Hunting
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
The Time in Between
Baraka (novel)
The Gangster We Are All Looking For
Evidence from documents: Operation Burning Candle: At this point, there are flashbacks to the Vietnam War from Aaron Rogers' point of view.
Saigon (Killmaster novel): Claire La Farge, widow of a French intelligence officer, lives in a large rice and tea plantation in North Vietnam. One night she receives a coded message in the form of a knotted belt (quipu) from a former associate of her husband
Up Country: But when his former boss calls in a career's worth of favors, Paul finds himself having to do the last thing he ever wanted-return to Vietnam.
Dumb Luck (novel): '''''Dumb Luck''''' (''Số đỏ'') is a 1936 novel by Vietnamese novelist Vũ Trọng Phụng which satirises the late-colonial Vietnamese middle classes.
The Book of Salt: ''''The Book of Salt''''' is a 2003 debut novel by Vietnamese-American author Monique Truong.
Monkey Hunting: where he enlists to fight in Vietnam.
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous: The novel also recounts the life of Little Dog's grandmother, Lan, who escapes an arranged marriage during the Vietnam War and becomes a prostitute.
The Time in Between: ''''The Time in Between''''' is a novel by Canadian author David Bergen. It deals with a man, who mysteriously returns to Vietnam, where he had been a soldier earlier in his life, followed by his children, who also go to Vietnam to search for him.
Baraka (novel): ''Baraka, or the Lives, Fortunes and Sacred Honor of Anthony Smith''''' (commonly referred to simply as '''''Baraka Lives''''') is a novel written by Canadian writer and essayist John Ralston Saul. It was first published in 1983.
The story involves a multinational oil company's attempts to gain oil rights in Vietnam by supporting an arms deal.
The Gangster We Are All Looking For: the story takes place both in Vietnam and America