smardiros 's review for:

Dispatches by Michael Herr
4.0

much like the war it attempts to describe, it is confused, brutal, and utterly sad. herr's roots are in orwell and hemingway, and he does not surpass their lyricism. biased, oddly sexist in the few dismissive descriptions of women, and caught on the line between glorification and self-disgust, this is nevertheless an honest book, and well worth the read.