Many of you may have attended the May 2010 event for Karl Marlantes’ first book, Matterhorn. It was a memorable night but it seemed to me that we would never be so lucky to see Karl again. I had the pleasure and honor of taking him to the Eudora Welty house and about town. I also thought that Matterhorn would be Karl’s only book, but much to everyone’s delight he has given us this fall. I have found his new book profoundly moving, and I think this is a book we should all read.

I enjoyed reading Jerry Mitchell’s great write-up for Karl’s book and would like to share this quote with you:

Gunnery Sgt. Terence D’Alesandro, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, said publicly that Marlantes “is the absolute master of taking the psyche of the combat veteran and translating it into words that the civilian or non-veteran can understand. I have read many, many books on war, and this is the first time that I’ve ever read exactly what the combat veteran thinks and feels. Nothing I have ever read before has hit home in my heart like this book.”

Please read the full article in The Clarion Ledger.

Join us this evening for a signing at 5:00 and reading to follow at 5:30.

Click here for more information about What It Is Like to Go to War.

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