About this title: Hardboiled Army investigator Paul Brenner delves into the past to investigate the alleged murder of a lieutenant who was killed in Vietnam during the Tet Offensive.
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"Paul Brenner, a former army infantry man in Vietnam, army intelligence investigator, and now retired gets rope into going back to Vietnam on an ambiguous mission of finding a person who had seen a US captain kill a US lieutenant A young woman, Susan Brenner, is an investment banker in Saigon and inexplicably pursues Paul sexually as well as a logistician to help him with his journey north of Hanoi almost to the Chinese border. I liked this book a lot, it was formulaic with the older thick skinned, smart ass rebellious hero in league with a younger femme fatale operative, almost like a Sean Connery movie. But the vividly, detailed research on the Vietnam battles, the evenness in presenting both the US and Viet Cong atrocities, and the viciousness of power politics in back room make the book almost great. He draws interesting characters making even me like a male chauvinist, and making the head of the Vietnamese police interesting even as he tortures people. More than a good read."
"A bit long in places but in all a very interesting book, both with regard to the mystery involved and with DeMille's descriptions of Vietnam during the "American War" (as the Vietnamese call it) and the current day (1997). Also interesting was the aspect of Vietnam veterans going back to Vietnam to work through things......Paul Brenner (the protagonist of this book) included. DeMille himself served in Vietnam and brought much personal insight to the book.
This book is a sequel to The General's Daughter, which also featured Paul Brenner, and which was made into a movie with John Travolta playing Brenner. Apparently Paramount has the rights to Up Country."
"I only made it halfway through this one, and found I just didn't care about the story. The main carachters in Demille's books seem to focus on ways to irritate everyone around them, or on sexual exploits. This book had way too many flashbacks for the carchter that had nothing to do with the case that sent him to vietnam. Not to mention Demille solves a mystery and then takes between 5 and 100 pages to wrap up the story. Not a fan."
"This is a very interesting story, set in a very interesting place. Having said that; it is what it is, a novel. I and also certain that the author make tons of money. However, I prefer to read non-fiction in regards to a subject like this. This book made me remember an autobiography that I once read about Vietnam, and the post Vietnam experience. I can't remember the name, of even where I got that book. If it comes back to me, I will put it on my list. That is the sort of thing I prefer to read since it is an interpretation of reality and not just a make believe story."
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