Going after Cacciato

Philip Caputo and Tim O'Brien both served in Vietnam and wrote classic memoirs of their experiences. They have also strongly colored their moving, spare fiction, from stories about the war and its aftermath for countries and soldiers, to explorations of violence, psychology, and the darker sides of the human soul. -- Melissa Gray

Their gritty, candid writing reflecting their time in the military, Phil Klay and Tim O'Brien effectively summon the unpredictability, terror, and dark humor of combat. In atmospheric, moving prose, both authors create affecting characters who suffer in the field and later back at home. -- Mike Nilsson

These authors' works have the appeal factors haunting and spare, and they have the genre "psychological fiction"; and the subjects "vietnam veterans," "soldiers," and "vietnam war, 1961-1975."

These authors' works have the appeal factors haunting, melancholy, and spare, and they have the genre "psychological fiction"; the subjects "vietnam veterans," "soldiers," and "vietnam war, 1961-1975"; and characters that are "flawed characters," "introspective characters," and "brooding characters."

These authors' works have the appeal factors haunting, spare, and unnamed narrator, and they have the genres "psychological fiction" and "classics"; the subject "iraq war veterans"; and characters that are "flawed characters," "sympathetic characters," and "introspective characters."

These authors' works have the appeal factors haunting, reflective, and lyrical, and they have the genre "psychological fiction"; the subjects "death," "writing," and "memories"; and characters that are "flawed characters," "sympathetic characters," and "introspective characters."

These authors' works have the appeal factors haunting, gritty, and lyrical, and they have the genre "short stories"; and characters that are "flawed characters," "sympathetic characters," and "introspective characters."

These authors' works have the appeal factors haunting, gritty, and lyrical, and they have the genre "psychological fiction"; and the subjects "writing" and "memories."

These authors' works have the appeal factors haunting, disturbing, and lyrical, and they have the genres "literary fiction" and "psychological fiction"; the subjects "soldiers," "death," and "war and society"; and characters that are "introspective characters."

These authors' works have the appeal factors haunting, lyrical, and multiple perspectives, and they have the genres "literary fiction" and "psychological fiction"; the subjects "memories," "loss," and "violence"; and characters that are "sympathetic characters."

These authors' works have the appeal factors haunting, reflective, and lyrical, and they have the genres "literary fiction" and "psychological fiction"; the subjects "vietnam veterans," "vietnam war, 1961-1975," and "memories"; and characters that are "flawed characters," "introspective characters," and "complex characters."

These authors' works have the appeal factors haunting, moving, and lyrical, and they have the genres "literary fiction" and "psychological fiction"; and characters that are "flawed characters," "sympathetic characters," and "introspective characters."