A novel about a hunting trip in Alaska which turns into an initiation rite. Vietnam is mentioned only once and the book can be seen either as an allegory or a symbolic psychic explanation of America's fighting in Vietnam. The author has won the Pulitzer Prize, The National Book Award for Arts and Letters (1969) and the 14th Annual Award for Outstanding Service to the Arts, McDowell Colony (1973).
- ISBN10 0312265069
- ISBN13 9780312265069
- Publish Date 5 August 2000 (first published April 1969)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint St Martin's Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 224
- Language English