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Better Times Than These

An extraordinary first novel, hailed as one of the great, authentic novels of the Vietnam War, from the bestselling author of Forrest Gump. 1966: Billy Kahn finds himself Executive Officer of Bravo Company, responsible for leading over 100 young men into combat—and drawn into an impassable moral quagmire that could mean his downfall . . . or his redemption.

Audience
adult
Length
long · 464 pages

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