- Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; New edition edition (2 April 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0140251154
- ISBN-13: 978-0140251159
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.4 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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- #93 in Books > Travel & Holiday > Countries & Regions > Asia > Vietnam
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A history of Madame Bong and her relatives, which reveals the realities of the Vietnam War, describing how an ordinary, decent family was caught up and almost crushed by international political processes they could neither understand nor control.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
This book just didn't put me anywhere close to the people the author was trying to help me understand. It was like going to a play where all the action happened off stage. The jumping between the authors three trips to vietnam on which this book was anchored was infuriating and hard to follow (which decade am I in now ?) I so wanted to understand but the book was full of walk on chameo parts that added only slightly to the scene. The letters and exerts from earlier and other books made this feel like a cut and paste job. One positive note is that it has piqued my interest to read "The quiet american" by Graham Greene.
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Boring memoir needs editing
10 Jun 2010
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Having read Gavin Young's previous books, I found this memoir to be uneven and in need of editing. Not recommended.
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