Buy the five fingers by gayle rivers online at alibris. The 5 fingers that was full of all sorts of fantasy stuff. Matterhorn by karl marlantes, the things they carried by tim obrien, and dispatches by. All i can remember is it involved lots of walking through jungle.
Pages in category vietnam war fiction the following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. Debut novel finds resilience in reading jane austen. Codename the five fingers the groups consists of seven highly trained special forces members that include three green berets, a south korean ranger, a british and australian sas and gayle. The five fingers gayle rivers was a popular fictional strike job about a multinational mission into prc during the rvn war. Dog soldiers won the 1975 national book award for fiction, the first vietnam war novel to do so. I, too, have read this book many times, though it has been a while since the last. This is an update of a previous post by sharon rickson.
The fingers dropped the pencil and moved three or four times across the paper. The five fingers paperback 1981 by gayle rivers author, james hudson author the five fingers was a parody of a real life operation gone wrong. The mission is to go through laos and north vietnam to a small town on the chinese border. A novel of the vietnam war intense, powerful, and compelling, matterhorn is an epic war novel in the tradition of norman mailersthe naked and the dead and james joness the thin red line.
Under the gayle rivers pseudonym, brooks published a sequel to fingers called the teheran contract 1982. I, too, have read this book many times, though it has been a while since the last time. The five fingers gayle rivers james hudson vietnam war new. Heres an admittedly subjective list, posted on the military history now website, put together by mark masse, a ball state university literary journalism professor. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. Another thing is that while they went into southern china in the book, they didnt go very far into southern china. Five books the best books recommended by leading experts. Five book series conclusions that will rip your heart out. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that. In the book, chinese troops chase the five fingers team back across the north vietnam border and the team gets into a few firefights witht them. Writing under the pseudonym gayle rivers, the author describes himself. Another thing is that while they went into southern china in the. What is best historical fiction book written about the.
There they will kill the delegates of a conference held there. While dealing with her husbands illness, this debut author turned to. Read five fingers from the story five fingers horror short by lareastraws larea with 777 reads. Nov 22, 2017 finding a book when youve forgotten its title by gwen glazer, communications november 22, 2017. Finding a book when youve forgotten its title the new. He said it is called five fingers and is a fictional account of special. Gayle rivers is identified as a pseudonym for a surviving member of the team. Five classic science fiction stories that helped shape central station. Dec, 2017 in the fiction section, you will find the best books on vietnam war, other vietnam bestseller novels as well as novels set in vietnam. Three are novels, two of which were written by vietnam war. The five fingers is not a non fiction book, as far as we know, but was written by rivers from the first person perspective, to lead the reader to believe that what he is telling them, in his own written words, is a true story. Five finger death punch house of the rising sun youtube. It is possible that this guy is a poser who read the book.
The book contains graphic violence, with plenty of action and suspense, and the kind of conceivably detailed account that leaves the reader wondering if it was true and really happened or purely fantasy, which is how the authors of the book. Vietnam novel about a small group of special forces operatives on a secret assassination mission in china. It was recommnended to me by a friend who explained the book was declared a work of fiction because the publisher refused to publish it as nonfiction because there is no proof the operation exsisted. In my mind its one of the first really wellwritten books that describe the moral ambiguities and difficulties faced by a young marine officer in this particular war. The five fingers by james hudson and gayle rivers home. Ang akala ko ang pagbibiro ay isang biro lang talaga pagdating sa mga kaibigan pero sabi nga ng iba ang biro ay kalahating katotohanan at kalahating kasinungalingan. He said it is called five fingers and is a fictional account of special forces missions in. In vietnam, hes taken for japanese or korean by his countrymen, a vibrant, picaresque memoir written with narrative flair and a wonderful, eyeopening sense of adventure, catfish and mandala is an unforgettable search for cultural identity. Real or fiction the five fingers is definitely one incredible action packed and interesting book. The five fingers is a riveting, compelling, absorbing bit of cold war era vietnam fiction that will consume any reader of pulp war novels, or simply has an interest in reading about special operations. The five fingers has a level of verisimilitude unmatched by any other similar work of fiction or arguably even non fiction and for more than 35 years i and many others have wondered if this was a real mission disguised as a novel. Mar 06, 2015 dog soldiers won the 1975 national book award for fiction, the first vietnam war novel to do so.
The best books on cambodia five books expert recommendations. The five fingers by james hudson and gayle rivers synopsis. The situations and circumstances reflect the sanitized version of an operation to bring a swift end to a lingering war. David chandler, one of the foremost western scholars on cambodian historyand author of the first study of s21, the khmer rouge interrogation centrerecommends the best books on cambodia. This is positively the most exciting book on any operation in southeast asia i have read.
I dont know whether gayle rivers had the background he claimed to have, but his books were certainly exceptional in avoiding the simplistic nonsense that most fiction especially moviesdemonstrates. Finding a book when youve forgotten its title by gwen glazer, communications november 22, 2017. Readers weighed in on the best books about the vietnam war. Bestselling, awardwinning author val mcdermid delivers her most stunning story yet in the distant echoan intricate, thoughtprovoking tale of murder and revengefour in the morning, middecember, and snow blankets st.
Novel 1 historical 1 historical fiction 2 military 5. Vietnamese wing chun the five animal forms ebook written by igor dudukchan. Five fingers is a riveting, compelling, absorbing bit of cold war era vietnam fiction. The fictitious characters and circumstances provide an entertaining read for those who lived through the era as well as those for whom vietnam is only a. It was recommnended to me by a friend who explained the book was declared a work of fiction because the publisher refused to publish it as non fiction because there is no proof the operation exsisted. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. The book had more errors than a democrat news conference, and truly sucked. All this was why, earlier in the summer, i set out to read three books on vietnam. The sympathizer, without remorse, the quiet american, matterhorn, preacher, volume 3.
The best vietnam war books five books expert recommendations. Click to read more about the five fingers by gayle rivers. Vietnamese wing chun the five animal forms by igor. Sep 20, 2016 the book publisher, however, gave an editors note at the end of the novel saying, gayle rivers was the youngest in the team yet he was named secondincommand. The book, entitled the specialist, has just been published in britain and is to. One of my favourites from this list is the beauty of humanity movement, it might be an oldie but it is a great book that tells an interesting story about key characters and their lives in old vietnam.
In the fiction section, you will find the best books on vietnam war, other vietnam bestseller novels as well as novels set in vietnam. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle. Vietnam novelsbooks vietnam lonely planet forum thorn tree. The shadow of the torturer the book of the new sun, 1 the worm ouroboros.
The screenplay by michael wilson was based on the book operation cicero original german. Ten vietnam war novels to read council on foreign relations. Check out selected results from nypl title quest 2019, held august 2, 2019, as well as title quest 2018. Although conditions varied widely during the ten years of the war, the historical fiction genre allows veterans to recognize historically correct settings in vietnam during 1971 and 1972.
Philip caputo was a marine who later became a very wellknown journalist. Adrian mustnt find us working at this sort of thing. After reading the book, i have no doubt it has to be true. Music video by five finger death punch performing house of the rising sun.
The book was officially fiction so yeah i very seriously doubt it really happened. The seeds of enchantment 1921, by gilbert frankau multiple formats at items below if any are from related and broader terms. Tell me about the first book on your list, a rumor of war 1977. The five fingers by james hudson and gayle rivers about. Finding a book when youve forgotten its title the new york. Sep 29, 2016 this feature is not available right now.
Oct 05, 2014 codename the five fingers the groups consists of seven highly trained special forces members that include three green berets, a south korean ranger, a british and australian sas and gayle. Ito ang birong nauwi sa katotohanan at nauwi sa kasawian. Scarce vietnam novel about a small group of special forces operatives on a secret assassination mission in china. If there were no such thing as fiction, wed have had to invent it, if we ever wanted to make sense out of a thing like the vietnam war. David chandler, one of the foremost western scholars on cambodian historyand author of the first study of s21, the khmer rouge interrogation centrerecommends the. The supposedly true storygayle rivers is a pseudonymof an illfated green beretandallies 1969 mission to infiltrate china and assassinate eleven chinese and north vietnamese military honchos assembled for a conference. Author of the specialist, five fingers, the, the five fingers, the killing house, the war against the terrorists, the specialists, hunters run, the killing house. Sign up for librarything to find out whether youll like this book. He doesnt know what to make of it, and i wont have poor old adrian disturbed. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search.
Gayle rivers, pseudonym name of a claimed former anzac aussie sas from the. The five fingers has a level of verisimilitude unmatched by any other similar work of fictionor arguably even nonfictionand for more than 35 years i and many others have wondered if this was a real mission disguised as a novel. I dont know whether gayle rivers had the background he claimed to have, but his books were certainly exceptional in avoiding the simplistic nonsense that most fictionespecially moviesdemonstrates. The ultimate 2020 list of best vietnam books to read. Mar 24, 2014 music video by five finger death punch performing house of the rising sun.
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