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reviewed Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes

Karl Marlantes: Matterhorn (Hardcover, 2010, Atlantic Monthly) 4 stars

Intense, powerful, and compelling, Matterhorn is an epic war novel in the tradition of Norman …

Perhaps the best Vietnam War novel

5 stars

Well, the best I've read anyway. Excellently conveys the tedium and the terror of war. Characters are very well drawn, and like their comrades we mourn their deaths when they inevitably occur. Not for the faint-hearted but a wonderful read