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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780446516570
ISBN: 0446516570
Label: Warner Books
Manufacturer: Warner Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 576
Publication Date: January 29, 2002
Publisher: Warner Books
Release Date: January 29, 2002
Sales Rank: 51075
Studio: Warner Books
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
The last thing Paul Brenner wanted to do was return to work for the Armys Criminal Investigative Division, an organization that thanked him for his many years of dedicated service by forcing him into early retirement. But when his former boss calls in a careers worth of favors, Paul finds himself investigating a murder that took place back in Vietnam thirty years before. Now, returning to a time and place that still haunts him, Paul is swept up in the battle of his life as he struggles to find justice. Paramount Pictures bought the film rights to Up Country, and John Travolta is in negotiations to reprise the role of Paul Brenner, the role he played in the popular film version of DeMilles The Generals Daughter. The Lions Game (Warner, 1/00), which has over two million hardcover and paperback copies in print combined, was an instant New York Times bestseller and received widespread critical acclaim. Plum Island (Warner Books, 1997), which has two million hardcover and paperback copies in print combined, was a #1 New York Times bestseller and hit every major national list, including the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, and San Francisco Chronicle. The Generals Daughter (Warner Books, 1992) was a #1 New York Times bestseller, with nearly three million copies in hardcover and paperback print combined. Film rights for both The Lions Game and Plum Island were sold in a huge deal to Columbia Pictures.
Amazon.com Review:
In Up Country, Nelson DeMille cannily revives the army career of Chief Warrant Officer Paul Brenner, the cynical, hardworking Criminal Investigation Division man who was forcibly retired after solving the high-profile killing in The General's Daughter. Brenner's called back to investigate the murder of a young army lieutenant by his captain. The catch is, the crime took place during the heat of the Tet Offensive, and the only living witness was a North Vietnamese soldier who described the incident in a 30-year-old letter that has only recently come to light. Soon Brenner, a Vietnam vet, is on an ostensible nostalgia tour of his old stomping grounds. The trip immediately turns dangerous as he heads "up country" to search for the letter writer, accompanied by a gorgeous American businesswoman, who's hiding more than even the smartest CID officer could imagine.
DeMille, who saw his own tour of duty in Vietnam (and even found a letter on a dead Vietnamese soldier), intersperses historical facts and chilling political possibilities with enough local color to provide some serious flashbacks for his fellow veterans. To non-vets the book may seem very long, but the payoff at the end is worth a couple hundred extra pages. --Barrie Trinkle
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Nelson DeMille is hit-or-miss from my perspective; his John Corey novels deliver, but he occasionally writes a mediocre book (Up Country and Spencerville). This sequel to "The General's Daughter" is okay, but it's mostly dialogue concerning Paul Brenner's tours of Vietnam. He is sent on a recon mission to find an eyewitness to a possible murder committed by a U.S. Army officer. He meets Susan Weber, an expat living in Vietnam, and she proves to be alternately likable and shrewish. The book is ... Read More
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While on my third trip to Vietnam in 2003 with my (Vietnamese) wife, I picked this up from the used book store on De Tham Street in Saigon (the one next to the corner cafe if you know De Tham Street). A friend had recommended it to me via email.
Up Country turned out to be one of the best reads in a long time. So good that I didn't put it down for three days (except for sleeping).
Highpoints were the vivid and accurate descriptions of modern Saigon; the insightful character ... Read More
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Those folks who called this book a travel log were obviously not in Viet Nam in 1968. I suppose you had to be there to appreciate it.
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Up Country is a compelling, fast paced read. Demille is a real story teller and his writing style makes you feel like you are right there. He weaves facts and history into the story line in a way that makes the book not just a tale but a history lesson. When you finish you want more.
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I've read all 6 major DeMille books with Paul Brenner/John Corey. This one was NOT a page-turner. I felt like it was more a romance novel -- for guys. The motorcycling around Vietnam with a hot chick thing occupies 700 pages. The last 100 has the actual mystery and resolution. And it's not that compelling.
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