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Matterhorn (Paperback, Main)
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Matterhorn (Paperback, Main)
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WINNER OF THE FLAHERTY-DUNNAN FIRST NOVEL PRIZE Fire Support Base
Matterhorn: a fortress carved out of the grey-green mountain
jungle. Cold monsoon clouds wreath its mile-high summit, concealing
a battery of 105-mm howitzers surrounded by deep bunkers, carefully
constructed fields of fire and the 180 marines of Bravo Company.
Just three kilometres from Laos and two from North Vietnam, there
is no more isolated outpost of America's increasingly desperate war
in Vietnam. Second Lieutenant Waino Mellas, 21 years old and just a
few days into his 13-month tour, has barely arrived at Matterhorn
before Bravo Company is ordered to abandon their mountain and sent
deep in-country in pursuit of a North Vietnamese Army unit of
unknown size. Beyond the relative safety of the perimeter wire,
Mellas will face disease, starvation, leeches, tigers and an almost
invisible enemy. Beneath the endless jungle canopy, Bravo Company
will confront competing ambitions, duplicitous officers and
simmering racial tensions. Behind them, always, Matterhorn. The
impregnable mountain fortress they built and then abandoned,
without a shot, to the North Vietnamese Army...
General
Imprint: |
Corvus Books
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
May 2011 |
First published: |
May 2011 |
Authors: |
Karl Marlantes
(Author)
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Dimensions: |
198 x 129 x 45mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
704 |
Edition: |
Main |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-84887-496-1 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
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LSN: |
1-84887-496-0 |
Barcode: |
9781848874961 |
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