A good read, Keeps you guessing. Probably hard for a Vet to read. ( )

Straub's best book, and one that forme transcends any genre. I consider it one of the top books I've read and one I would not hesitate to class as literature.
The friendships at the heart of the book are realistic, human, engaging even the loyalty felt by the central characters to their murderous old friend is moving. On the surface the story is a blend of chiller and adventure but the true story lurks beneath in the interaction between the men who once aprticipated in - a massacre of civilians? a simple mistake? an act of war?
Straub leaves enough unsaid to provide the reader with space to create withint the tale while giving us resolution on the points on which its most needed - a rare outcome! ( )

Another great book by Straub, one I read years ago, but still remember the name scrawled on the cards. ( )

This is a fascinating, dark, and convoluted novel. It's a thriller, sort of, but it's very character-driven and focuses strongly on the way Vietnam has shaped the lives of the five main characters: a doctor, a lawyer, a writer, a blue collar working stiff -- and a killer.

Straub is a skillful writer; he keeps letting you think you've figured things out, and then he throws you a curveball. I spent a good portion of the last half thinking, "God, how obvious could it be?!" and feeling certain I knew who the killer was -- and then in the last 100 pages everything turned upside down. ( )