Little Saigon

"Frye was sure that Nha's screaming and the sirens wailing in his own eardrums were enough to bring down the walls. Come down, he thought, come down and bury us and make this all untrue." Little Saigon (1987) is yet another novel in my new literary déjà-vu project. I am re-reading books by T. Jeffe......more

Pretty lame effort by TJP about a pair of brothers, one estranged from the family and the other a war hero, who lost his legs in Vietnam, but gained a wife active in a nationalistic effort to help refugees. The wife is kidnapped, and the estranged brother works to solve the mystery. Skip this one.......more

Two Brothers..... One Woman...... One War. In the aftermath of the war in Vietnam, thousands of desperate refugees fled the killing fields for new lives in Southern California. But for those who settled in "Little Saigon," the war never really ended. The latest victim of the continuing struggle is Li......more

3.5 stars, rounded up to four. I like Parker and, for the most part, this one is really quite good. Complex plot, a solid central character and Parker's typical command of the setting. If anything holds this back a bit, it's that the story seems to take too long to unfold. At times, I wondered why I......more

I thought this book would be an improvement over Laguna Heat and for quite a few chapters it seemed to be. But then came chapter 20 which was a terrible sop to prurient interests. It continued downhill after that leading to a disappointing ending. If you are contemplating a T. Jefferson Parker novel......more