Everyone is gunning for the New GuyGabriel Sauers of Two Squad is a soldier, newly arrived in Vietnam--a country too beautifulto invite so savagely unreal a war. But Gabriel won't be a New Guy forlong. He'll go through incoming mortars, he'll see the enemy alive. He'llwander through a hell that will turn the green recruit lucky enough to surviveinto a death-hardened veteran, longing for nothing more than a returnto the world of hot baths and cold beer, no bullets, and no noise. Now, 40years later, he is grappling with an action on the verge of his grandsonSeth's deployment to Iraq that will change both their lives forever.
Critics Praise Don Bodey's F.N.G"One of the most hard-hitting of all the vietnam novels" -- The Boston Herald
"A powerful social document and a well-written, deeply moving first novel...highly recommended" --The Library Journal"Raw, profane...a candidly moving portrayal of the average American soldierin Vietnam, who often found courage when he did not seek it--but littleof anything else." --Chicago Sun-Times
"The day to day grind, beautifully and touchingly rendered by...a Vietnamveteran, is told with an unrelenting accumulation of detail." --The New York Times Book Review
"Bodey packs considerable emotional freight...into a style that remainsdeliberately supple, cool, and declarative...An impressive novel." --The Cleveland Plain Dealer
"A harrowing vividly written account of hell with a leavening of lightmoments. A revelation for one who wasn't there. Painful for those whowere." -Bob Mason, author of CHICKENHAWK
"All Quiet on the Western Front drives its readers to the front of World WarI. F.N.G helicopters its readers to a new front: Vietnam." -Bestsellers
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