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The Deer Hunter

The Deer Hunter follows three friends from a steel town in western Pennsylvania who share a close bond. Before they leave for the war in Vietnam, they spend their time working, drinking and hunting together, looking ahead to what their lives will hold. Their plans change when they are sent overseas, and the war reaches into their friendships and their families at home. This novelization of the film tells their story through a dramatic and emotional lens, showing how the conflict affects the men who go and the community they return to.

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