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A remarkable novel from the National Book Award-winning author of 'Going After Cacciato' and 'The Things They Carried', which combines the power of the finest Vietnam fiction with the tension of a many-layered mystery. In a remote lakeside cabin deep in the Minnesota forests, Kathy Wade is comforting her husband John, an ambitious politician, after a devastating electoral defeat. Then one night she vanishes, and gradually the search for Kathy becomes a voyage into the darkest corners of John Wade's life, ...

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    • Title: In the Lake of the Woods by Tim O'Brien
    • Publisher: Independent Publishers Group (Chicago Review Press)
    • Print ISBN: 9780395488898, 0395488893
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    • Edition: 1994
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All Editions of In the Lake of the Woods

In the Lake of the Woods

2012, Audiobook CD

ISBN-13:

9781455851577

In the Lake of the Woods

2007, Hardcover

ISBN-13:

9781585479948

In the Lake of the Woods

2006, Trade paperback

ISBN-13:

9780618709861

In the Lake of the Woods

2006, Hardcover

ISBN-13:

9780606362078

In the Lake of the Woods

2005, Trade paperback

ISBN-13:

9780140250947

In the Lake of the Woods

1995, Mass-market paperback

ISBN-13:

9780006543954

In the Lake of the Woods

1994, Hardcover

ISBN-13:

9780395488898

In the Lake of the Woods

1994, Hardcover

ISBN-13:

9781895246315

Books by Tim O'Brien

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skyprincess

Dec 2, 2008

Not for the Squeamish, One Fantastic Read

John's political career is finished after it suffers a devastating defeat when stories of a Viet Nam massacre cover-up surface and are connected to him. John and his wife Kathy escape the ridicule of the public eye to their lake cabin in the deep woods of Minnesota. While at the cabin, Kathy disappears without a trace. Did she leave with her lover, flee alone, or did John, in his increasing insanity, kill her? Or are John and Kathy planning a deep woods escape across the border to Canada to live out their lives in obscurity? The story is told throughout in the voices of others. It is extremely well-written, haunting and near impossible to put down. Not for the squeamish, it is never-the-less, one fantastic read.

Maggie1

Jan 31, 2008

Magic, Reality & the Vietnam War

What really happened to John Wade when he was a soldier in Vietnam? And what really happened to his recently-missing wife, Kathy? O'Brien's book traces John's life from childhood to present, just after John's failed bid at running for Congress. We get snippets of truth and differing perceptions as the people in John's life, from Kathy's distraught relatives to John's childhood acquaintances, offer pieces of the puzzle, sometimes only one line at a time. A great read, but not for someone who needs absolute answers about "what really happened." You'll have to decide for yourself as you read this sometimes graphic and often haunting story.

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