The 13th Valley by John M DelVecchio By Stephen Deck. I’ve read the book many times. Let’s say five times. Some chapters I’ve read more. But the paragraph that stuck with me the most from this blockbuster novel was as follows:

“ An Important And Distinctly American Book … A big novel in the tradition of The Naked and The Dead — the sort of books critics said could never be written out of the shifting rice paddies of Southeast Asia …

Nowhere in the sweltering literature about Vietnam does one discover a richer feel for ‘ what is was really like ‘ … in it‘s meticulous realism and philosophic musings … The 13th Valley reminds me of Moby Dick.” — Newsweek #books #writers #reading #war #vietnam