Bibliograph

Saigon, Illinois, a Novel

Type

Label

Saigon, Illinois, a Novel

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Saigon, Illinois

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Sub title

a Novel

Summary

The story of how one man wound up fighting the Vietnam War from a Chicago hospital Young slacker Jim Holder wants no part of the draft, the army, or Vietnam. So he registers as a conscientious objector and gets ready for alternative service. He's assigned to work as a unit manager at a downtown Chicago medical center, worlds apart from his rural roots. A wild assortment of patients and colleagues awaits him at Metropolitan Hospital. As Jim's life swings from the chaos of his job to the fervor of a revolutionary moment, he balances his beliefs with the everyday business of life and death. In this richly comic novel, Paul Hoover crystallizes the strange days of the conflict in Vietnam with a memorable cast of characters

Target audience

adult

Classification