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Sympathy for the Devil
Sympathy for the Devil
Author: Kent Anderson
Censured by some critics for its brutality, while heralded by others as a modern-day classic, Sympathy for the Devil is a terrifying, intoxicating journey through the violence, madness, and insane beauty of battle. It traces the story of a hardened Green Beret named Hanson, a college student who goes to war with a book of Yeats's poetry i...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780553380576
ISBN-10: 0553380575
Publication Date: 9/1/1999
Pages: 352
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  • Currently 4.3/5 Stars.
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4.3 stars, based on 2 ratings
Publisher: Bantam
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 1
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Among the best Vietnam war fiction. For admirers of If I Die in a Combat Zone, or Going After Cacciato (both by Tim O'Brien), or Gustav Hasford's The Short-Timers. Anderson's prose is deadly hard stuff, the textual equivalent of a LRRP's thousand-yard-stare. A survivor's unapologetic tale, to be sure.
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Reflecting the author's own experiences, the characters in this graphic, grippingly authentic first novel are the combat-tested soldiers of the Special Forces in Vietnam.
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One of the best Vietnam books. Tells it like it rally was.
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This book is chilling and authentic. A Green Beret finds life as a civilian bitter


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