 First edition | |
| Author | Tim O'Brien |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | War novel |
| Publisher | Delacorte Press (US) Jonathan Cape (UK) |
Publication date | January 1978 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 352 |
| ISBN | 0-440-02948-1 |
| OCLC | 3240718 |
| 813/.5/4 | |
| LC Class | PZ4.O1362 Go PS3565.B75 |
| Preceded by | Northern Lights (1973) |
| Followed by | The Nuclear Age (1985) |
Going After Cacciato is an anti-war novel written by Tim O'Brien and first published by Delacorte Press in 1978. The novel is set during the Vietnam War. It is told from the third person limited point of view of an American soldier, Paul Berlin. Cacciato, one of Berlin's squadmates, goes absent without leave (AWOL) to walk from Vietnam to Paris. The nonlinear narrative follows Berlin's imagined chase of Cacciato across Eurasia; it is interspersed with Berlin's memories of the Vietnam War prior to Cacciato's departure.
Going After Cacciato won the 1979 U.S. National Book Award for Fiction.[1]
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"National Book Awards – 1979". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2012-03-29.
(With essay by Marie Myung-Ok Lee from the Awards 60-year anniversary blog.)