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Better Times Than These [Import] [Paperback]

Winston Groom (Author)

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Paperback: 496 pages
Publisher: Sphere; New Ed edition (1980)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0722141009
ISBN-13: 978-0722141007
Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds

Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A fine Vietnam war novel - easy to read, hard to put down, December 14, 2000

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This is a very fine novel - one of the best about Vietnam. It has a good, authentic story line, interesting and well developed characters and solid writing. It's easy to read and hard to put down. I think anyone interested in the Vietnam war experience would find it well worth reading.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The true war experience, April 25, 2000

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Winston Groom captures the essence of the Viet Nam war in this remarkable book. As you travel with these soldiers to Viet Nam and into battle, you feel all the emotions that made this war so controversial. Groom's writing is so vivid that it brings the war right to your doorstep where it can't be ignored or misunderstood. A powerful must-read. Once you start Better Times than These, you won't be able to put it down. And after you've read it, you won't be able to get it out of your mind.

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5.0 out of 5 stars 1 of the 3 best Novels on VietNam, October 10, 2004

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This book has never gotten the respect due it and that is a shame. This is the best early war novel on the market. Things are new and we are learning the way things are going to be. This anti-war movement has not really started and fighting is the news. This is Groom's first book and I have a first edition that I would not part with.

Read this one first, "Sand in the Wind" next and the "13th Valley" last. These books are the war as it was lived and fought. They are some of the best war fiction ever written.

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2.0 out of 5 stars So-so. Realism a no-go.
Typical of early novels to come out of Vietnam, Better Times Than These deals more with shallow characters and stereotypes than real people. Read more

Published 4 months ago by Rusty Sachs

5.0 out of 5 stars The definitive tragicomic novel on the Vietnam War
Winston Groom's own personal experience as a soldier in Vietnam clearly shows through in "Better Times Than These," and lends the same degree of authenticity captured so vividly... Read more

Published on November 3, 2009 by F. Bluhm

3.0 out of 5 stars Quick Review
Winston Groom's (the man who wrote "Forrest Gump") first book. Set in the Summer of 1966, Billy Kahn is a college student who is enlisted into the Marines for the Vietnam war. Read more

Published on June 23, 2009 by Rick

3.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed
It amazes me that some books get published at all. In this case, the story is there: the themes, characters, and the events. Read more

Published on May 22, 2000

4.0 out of 5 stars an early and good novel about Vietnam
I picked up this book in a "remaindered" bin, never realizing that it would one day be a valued first edition by the creator of Mr. Read more

Published on February 24, 2000 by Daniel Ford

5.0 out of 5 stars An Eye Opening Account of the Vietnam Experince
For somone who did not grow up during the age of Vietnam, this book reveals the tragedy and hardship of those involved. Read more

Published on July 21, 1999

Published on January 18, 1999 by bluhmf@earthlink.net

5.0 out of 5 stars extrordinary
This is by far Groom's best book. A beautiful portrayal of the grusome war called Vietnam. It sucks you in and you can not put it down. Read more

Published on October 15, 1998

5.0 out of 5 stars What a wonderful and well-written book
I had originally noticed Winston Groom, probably like millions of others worldwide, by the smash success of Forrest Gump. I picked up a few novels by Mr. Read more

Published on July 28, 1998

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