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The
2003 Award
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Lost Soldiers by James Webb
Nominated by:
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Publisher of Nominated Edition: Bantam Books ISBN 0553802143 |
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ABOUT
THE BOOK
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Condley survived five years of combat as a U.S. marine only to lose the
woman he loved to an enemy assassin. Now he is back in Vietnam, working
to recover the remains of unknown American soldiers. On a routine mission,
Condley finds a body that doesn't match its dog tag, a body that propels
him into a vortex of violence and intrigue where past and present become
one. As the mystery of the dead man unravels, a link is revealed to two
well-known killers: "Salt and Pepper", a pair of treacherous Americans
who led a deadly Viet Cong ambush against Condley's own men. Galvanised
by a fresh trail to these long-lost deserters, Condley has finally found
a purpose: under the auspices of his government job, he is going to hunt
down the traitors. On his own, he is going to kill them. Condley's hunt cannot be kept secret from his former enemies, or his friends. And in the shadows that linger from Vietnam's long season of darkness and terror, he has no way of knowing which side is more dangerous. As Condley stalks his elusive prey across old battlefields and throughout Eurasia, returning always to the brooding streets of Saigon, his mission - and the odds of his surviving it - grow more precarious with each step he takes toward the truth. Lost Soldiers captures the Vietnam of past and present - its beauty and squalor, its politics and people. |
| ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
| James Webb, who has worked and travelled in Vietnam extensively since 1991, was one of the most highly decorated combat Marines of the Vietnam War. An attorney and Emmy Award winning journalist, he has served as Secretary of the Navy, Assistant Secretary of Defence, and full committee counsel to the U.S. Congress. He lives in Virginia, U.S.A. He is the author of five novels. |
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