Body Count

New York: G. P. Putnam & Co, 1973. First Edition. 8vo. 22cm x 15cm. Publisher's grey cloth. Dustjacket. Titled and decorated in gilt to spine and front board, light edgewear and some minor sunning to the spine ends, in a clean, bright, and strong dustjacket with a little corresponding fraying to the head and tail of the spne. A very good, clean copy. 445pp. Internally clean. Ostensibly one of a legion of novels that deal with a green young officer finding out he has virtually no margin for error, this is one of the distinguished few novels of the era that is approved of by veterans, and is widely considered to be one of the very best and most authentic pieces of Vietnam fiction. The authenticity comes as less of surprise when it's considered that Huggett fought with the 3rd Marine Div. in 1968-1969, and later as a Pacification Advisor in the never ending struggle to win hearts and minds. [Newman: 131].