false 2043540 1 Mort's compelling first novel embodies both the Vietnam combat experience and the sad aftermath for those who underwent it. The novel alternates between the "stateside" chapters after the war and the Vietnam chapters dramatizing the war, creating a tension back and forth in time as well as geography. Through a wry first person narrative readers come to know the bookish, reluctant soldier and his comrades in the jungle and the psychologically wounded man who slowly climbs back into a productive life. 2048472 8 1999 Soldier in Paradise total:3|4:3| 3 12 3 1 4 0 false false Thu May 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 26 20:22:42 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 12 19:31:22 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Sun Mar 02 09:27:27 -0800 2008 Sun Mar 02 09:27:27 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Mon Oct 15 21:39:54 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 15 21:39:54 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2043540