Dog Soldiers: A National Book Award Winner, (Hardcover)

from absurdeist

Beautiful book even despite the relentless depravity depicted in the desperate lives of drug smugglers set against a bleak, gritty backdrop during the waning years of the Vietnam War. So many hard drugs got smuggled out of the Sixties. Too bad peace and love couldn't have been smuggled out of the...

from DougJ110

An exciting, strange tale of drugs, sex, betrayal and spirituality. It exemplifies the post Vietnam era corruption and decadence.

from ProfH

Descriptive writing and curious plot--I enjoyed this novel while it was in hand, but it hasn't stayed with me.

from TheAmpersand

When somebody says that a book is "a product of its time," it's not usually meant as a compliment. The great achievement of Robert Stone's novel, on the other hand, is to capture the sense of cultural malaise that followed the end of sixties idealism. Another reviewer here has pointed out some ph...

from Max_China

I have a suitcase full of paperback books from last time we moved house, all the shelf space being taken up mostly with hardbacks. Seeing Dog Soldiers again on goodreads, I just had to find it and read it all over again. For me, a mark of a good book is when it reads better second time around - a...