Hero's Welcome

American soldiers who returned from the war in Vietnam were not always treated kindly or with understanding. For Culver, his memory of the love he and Mabel shared before he went to war was a painful reminder of how his life was changed by being in Vietnam. A Heros Welcome in the words of leading Vietnam War literature critic David Willson, has got baseball, summer camp, college dorm life, and war. Its got everything. This is an all-American novel Its about how one veteran rediscovered America and about how America treated those it sent to fight an unpopular war.A classic of the American war in Vietnam War. A brilliant novel of love gone wrong. Naparsteck makes the 1960s come alive. David Willson, co-editor of Vietnam War Literature: An Annotated Bibliography; Willson [please note: he has two ls in his name] is widely considered one of the nations leading experts on Vietnam War literature). Date: February 2000Martin Naparstecks writing is knee deep in particulars, with the power of close-focus psychological observation. Veronica Geng, Mississippi Review, Fall 1964Naparstecks writing takes risks and survives, indeed prospers because of its honesty&.As readers and human beings we all too seldom reflect on truth until weve the fortune to read authors like the one here. novelist Colin Hester, Diamond Sutra, 1997Quirky, playful, and original, the work of Martin Naparsteck is not easily forgotten. Janet Hutchings, editor of Ellery Queens Mystery Magazine, July 1996Naparsteck, Martin is the author of 'Hero's Welcome' with ISBN 9780595002917 and ISBN 0595002919.