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Highways to a War

by Christopher J. Koch · 1995

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In a riveting new novel of wartime Cambodia and Vietnam—part thriller, part mystery, part heroic epic—the author of The Year of Living Dangerously offers the story of a likeable, brave, but ultimately mysterious war photographer who has disappeared into the jungles of Cambodia.

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historical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of thiswar and militarywar and militaryMore like thisLess of thisliterary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of thismysterymysteryMore like thisLess of this
Themes
warwarMore like thisLess of this
Setting
AustraliaAustraliaMore like thisLess of thisAsiaAsiaMore like thisLess of thisCambodiaCambodiaMore like thisLess of this
Subject
traveltravelMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
long · 496 pages

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