So, what are you reading now?

[Dondilion]

Originally Posted by icenine

Speaking of the military, Jim Webb...the ex-senator from Virgina, wrote some kick ass novels about his experiences in the Naval Academy and US Marines during the Vietnam War era. Webb's Fields of Fire is probably the best novel about Vietnam, along with Greene's The Quiet American.

Thanks for the heads up on Fields of Fire. Will check it.

BTW I am a fan of Graham Greene and grew up with the THIRD MAN with its Harry Lime saga.



HMS Ulysses: ALISTAIR MacLEAN

MacLean's first book, his best and a great one.

Deals with almost suicidal convoy duty to Murmansk WW11.

[icenine]

Originally Posted by Dondilion

Thanks for the heads up on Fields of Fire. Will check it.

BTW I am a fan of Graham Greene and grew up with the THIRD MAN with its Harry Lime saga.



HMS Ulysses: ALISTAIR MacLEAN

MacLean's first book, his best and a great one.

Deals with almost suicidal convoy duty to Murmansk WW11.

I really loved his novel Travels With My Aunt which I read while I was in Iraq.....
it is a wonderful story of how an aged aunt teaches her boring and very timid nephew, an accountant, how to break the rules and live. Nothing outlandish but a marvelous work.