Such a Lovely Little War: Saigon 1961-63

Format: Paperback Language: English ISBN: 1551526476 ISBN13: 9781551526478 Release Date: October 2016 Publisher: Arsenal Pulp Press Length: 272 Pages Weight: 1.20 lbs. Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 8.9" Age Range: 15 years and up Grade Range: Grade 10 and higher This riveting, beautifully produced graphic memoir tells the story of the early years of the Vietnam war as seen through the eyes of a young boy named Marco, the son of a Vietnamese diplomat and his French wife. The book opens in America, where the boy's father works for the South Vietnam embassy; there the boy is made to feel self-conscious about his otherness thanks to schoolmates who play war games against the so-called "Commies." The family is called back to Saigon in 1961, where the father becomes Prime Minister Ngo Dinh Diem's personal interpreter; as the growing conflict between North and South intensifies, so does turmoil within Marco's family, as his mother struggles to grapple with bipolar disord