Everyone is gunning for the New Guy
Gabriel Sauers of Two Squad is a soldier, newly arrived in Vietnam--a
country too beautiful to invite so savagely unreal a war. But Gabriel
won't be a New Guy for long. He'll go through incoming mortars, he'll
see the enemy alive. He'll wander through a hell that will turn the
green recruit lucky enough to survive into a death-hardened veteran,
longing for nothing more than a return to the world of hot baths and
cold beer, no bullets, and no noise. Now, 40 years later, he is
grappling with an action on the verge of his grandson Seth's deployment
to Iraq that will change both their lives forever.
Critics Praise Don Bodey's F.N.G
"One of the most hard-hitting of all the vietnam novels" -- The Boston
Herald
"A powerful social document and a well-written, deeply moving first
novel...highly recommended" --The Library Journal "Raw, profane...a
candidly moving portrayal of the average American soldier in Vietnam,
who often found courage when he did not seek it--but little of anything
else." --Chicago Sun-Times
"The day to day grind, beautifully and touchingly rendered by...a
Vietnam veteran, is told with an unrelenting accumulation of detail."
--The New York Times Book Review
"Bodey packs considerable emotional freight...into a style that remains
deliberately supple, cool, and declarative...An impressive novel." --The
Cleveland Plain Dealer
"A harrowing vividly written account of hell with a leavening of light
moments. A revelation for one who wasn't there. Painful for those who
were." -Bob Mason, author of CHICKENHAWK
"All Quiet on the Western Front drives its readers to the front of
World War I. F.N.G helicopters its readers to a new front: Vietnam."
-Bestsellers
More info at www.DonBodey.com
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