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The horrifying madness of war

Article by: EMILY CARTER , Special to the Star Tribune
Updated: April 3, 2010 - 6:00 PM

Karl Marlantes' Vietnam war novel dissects the terror of battle with razor-sharp prose.

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samo45Apr. 3, 10 7:33 PM

An American writing an anti-war book? As Vonnegut asked, why not write an anti-glacier book? Or Twain's remark about the weather and everyone talking about it and nobody doing anything about it.

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