Slow Walk in a Sad Rain (A Fresh Voices Title)

Author - John P. McAfee ... [Goo?] [Posters]

This Hardcover Book item from Warner Books was reviewed on 4-Nov-2008.

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1) Hardcover Book Slow Walk in a Sad Rain (A Fresh Voices Title) by Warner Books. I was given this book by a friend who raved about it. I expected yet another terrible "Vietnam was hell-don´t you feel sorry for me" books. Instead I got to read a book that transcends that conflict and all others. The story and mood could easily be transplanted to any other conflict in history and thats what makes this book so compelling. As a former enlisted infantryman, I rarely read any accounts that accurately portray the bizzare and often irrational logic that one has to adopt to deal with the situations faced by a soldier. Most stories and recollections make soldiers clear-thinking and rational and are usually from the perspective of an officer or high ranking NCO who seem almost to enjoy the experience. Any bad decisions are made "out-of scene" by politcally motivated officers or out-of-touch politicians. They imply that things would be fine without these busybodies. McAfee throws away these stereotypical conventions and gives us the hazy and almost absurdist reasoning that governs a man in times of unrelenting stress and deprevation. Each character in this story clings to each other, and in one case a mortar, to try and ground themselves in an environment of chaos and incoherence. This book should be a classic and the fact that it is out-of-print is a disgrace considering how much junk out there should never have been printed in the first place. However you can swing it, get this book. You will not be disapointed.¤

2) Hardcover Book Slow Walk in a Sad Rain (A Fresh Voices Title) by Warner Books. Simply put this book should be mandatory reading for anyone that feels the American military should always have a "world presence" in the various political quagmires. Both young & old & in-between will benefit from a book that can make you laugh & cry often within the same paragraph.¤

3) Hardcover Book Slow Walk in a Sad Rain (A Fresh Voices Title) by Warner Books. Dear Mr. McAfee,

I read your book. I have sent copies to friends. I never understood why it did not become an American classic. Finally, I saw your on-line comments and I understood.

You have done a marvellous thing for veterans and civilians alike. You have captured the essence of the Vietnam conflict. You "Get" it. You also made me weep for the first time in thirty years.

Thank you¤

4) Hardcover Book Slow Walk in a Sad Rain (A Fresh Voices Title) by Warner Books. This has to be one of the funniest, well-written, smartest books I´ve ever read. You can find the time to cry and laugh at the same time - it is an example of others in a horrible situation that can find some security in laughing and making their experiences funny to a certain point. I love this book and I intend on having my friends read it.¤

5) Hardcover Book Slow Walk in a Sad Rain (A Fresh Voices Title) by Warner Books. Very Dry humour... I LOVE IT¤

6) Hardcover Book Slow Walk in a Sad Rain (A Fresh Voices Title) by Warner Books. A Special Forces Unit dispatched to the Laotian jungle must cope with day-to-day ordeals, including the nonsensical orders of the higher-ups. A first novel. 17,500 first printing.¤

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