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idrees2022 's review for:
Dispatches
by Michael Herr
The vivid, unvarnished portrait of war and Herr's exceptional writing make this book a classic. But for all its attention to detail there is also an emotional vacancy which makes the death and destruction appear like part of a whimsical adventure. Herr tells us that films have distorted everyone's picture of war yet he paints his as extreme sport where casualties only serve as props to the vaudeville. Very fine writing all the same.