Matterhorn
Subtitle: a novel of the Vietnam War
By: Karl Marlantes
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Corvus
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 600
ISBN-13: 9781848874954; 9781848874947
Subjects: Fiction; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; United States. Marine Corps; United States
Other titles: Novel of the Vietnam War.
Description: A young Marine lieutenant and his comrades are dropped into the mountain jungle of Vietnam to fight not only the North Vietnamese but the mud, leeches, disease and malnutrion. Almost as daunting are the obstacles they find beteen each other: racial tension, competing ambitions and duplicious superior officers.