To Be Free!
- New York: Vanguard Press, 1986
New York: Vanguard Press, 1986. First Edition. First Printing. 8vo. 22cm x 15cm. Publisher's black cloth spine over paper covered boards. Dustjacket. Titled in gilt to spine, clean and bright, in an equally bright pictorial dustjacket. A fine copy. 250pp. Internally clean. Inscribed by the author to the front flyleaf:
"To Phyllis, Oct 21st, 1986, Ron Martin"
A pretty taut and skilful novel of a soldier determined to escape from the horrors of a VC prison camp, written by a marine who served in South East Asia as a direct response to the negative treatment delivered to returning US military personnel. Rather more complex than the general run of novels on this theme, dealing heavily with the trauma and psychological damage caused not only by incarceration, but by a hostile, alienating homecoming.
"To Phyllis, Oct 21st, 1986, Ron Martin"
A pretty taut and skilful novel of a soldier determined to escape from the horrors of a VC prison camp, written by a marine who served in South East Asia as a direct response to the negative treatment delivered to returning US military personnel. Rather more complex than the general run of novels on this theme, dealing heavily with the trauma and psychological damage caused not only by incarceration, but by a hostile, alienating homecoming.