Saigon, Illinois

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Publication Year:
2013

ISBN-13: 9781480456938

<DIV><DIV><DIV><b>The story of how one man wound up fighting the Vietnam War from a Chicago hospital</b></div><BR>Young slacker Jim Holder wants no part of the draft, the army, or Vietnam. So he registers as a conscientious objector and gets ready for alternative service. He&rsquo;s assigned to work as a unit manager at a downtown Chicago medical center, worlds apart from his rural roots. A wild assortment of patients and colleagues awaits him at Metropolitan Hospital. As Jim&rsquo;s life swings from the chaos of his job to the fervor of a revolutionary moment, he balances his beliefs with the everyday business of life and death.<DIV><BR>In this richly comic novel, Paul Hoover crystallizes the strange days of the conflict in Vietnam with a memorable cast of characters.</div></div></div>