Saigon Calling
Subtitle: London 1963-75
By: Marcelino Truong ; translated by David Homel
Contributors: Homel, David, translator
Publisher: Arsenal Pulp Press
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Vancouver, Canada
Language: eng
Translated from: fre
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9781551526898
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Family; Vietnamese; History; Childhood; Vietnamese Personal narratives; Comic books, strips
Other titles: GIve Peace a Change
Work titles: Give peace a chance: Londres 1963-75
Description: In this sequel to *Such a Lovely Little War*, young Marco and his family move from Saigon to London in order to escape the war following the assassination of South Vietnamese President Diem, for whom Marcelino's diplomat father was a personal interpreter. In London, his father struggles to build a new life for his children and his wife, whose bipolar spells are becoming increasingly violent. But for Marco and his siblings, swinging London is an exciting place to be: a new world of hedonists and hippies. At the same time, the news from their grandparents in Vietnam grows ever grimmer as the war intensifies and American involvement becomes increasingly muddied. Young Marco finds himself conflicted between embracing the peace-loving anti-war demonstrators and the strong, nostalgic bond he feels toward a wounded Vietnam, whose conflict is not as simple as the demonstrators make it out to be.
Notes: Chiefly color illustrations. Color portraits.
"Translation of the original French book issued under English title: Give peace a chance"--Title page verso.