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COMING OF AGE WAR NOVEL It's 1966 and Mickey Van escapes the jungles of Vietnam for a cushy post in Germany. While traveling, making deals and courting ladies through all of Western Europe - James, Mickey's best friend, is black, alone, afraid and not so lucky as he fights for his life and sanity in the daily terror of the Hell known as Rice and Dice Land. Dealing with the anguishes and challenges of both Romance and War, the mix will satisfy the reading thirsts of both genre enthusiasts. Liaisons with a General's daughter in Paris, an Oxford-educated brothel Madam in Stuttgart and finally an angel of mercy Army nurse in Vietnam, all find our lead character's life of Love, Lust and Guilt blended Cuisinart style and it all makes for an intriguing Historical Coming of Age Novel. The letters that the two soldiers share are horrifying, bloody and brutal as well as life preserving and morale boosting. Following a long and treacherous battle fighting the North Vietnamese, James is cut down by friendly fire and sent home to his sobbing Mother in a flag-draped coffin along with thousands of other sacrificial lambs. Mickey Van, suffering from survivor's guilt, trades his sexual escapades in Paris, Germany, Italy, and Amsterdam for likely death as a Medevac Helicopter Pilot in the country that took James' life. These choppers bearing giant red crosses taxi maimed and bleeding soldiers screaming for their gods and mothers to healing hands providing that they might someday see their grandchildren. After a career in Marketing and Radio, Lawrence Potesta settled in the Land of Let-It-Be and unexplained U-Turns on the Baja Peninsula of Mexico. Using his forty years of experience, he's now a writer and proudly presents his first published work of a trilogy dealing with the life's journey of Mickey Van.

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Paris To Saigon is a fun, entertaining read! I didn't want to put it down! It's also a thoughtful, sometimes dark review of the horrors of Vietnam, our political landscape in the early sixties and the profound effects that war had on our young men who were drafted or dropped out to join up. This is a story of two friends who left college and joined up - each headed in opposite directions. It's told in the first person of Michael Van Degna, a charismatic young stud with the looks and seductive charms that wheeler dealers often possess. His testosterone driven personality attracts the fairer sex...in spades - and his competitive/ opportunist intelligence makes him an uber operator! ( Think Tom Jones in the military police!) Michael's compass is always set on his survival and making the best of every possible situation. Both men and women will enjoy this book because LJ Potesta pulls off the evolution of his lead character in a believable and poignant way. All his characters are wonderful, colorful and well thought out. Pick it up! It's a fine ride! Thanks, Mssr. Potesta! Looking forward to your next book! Well done!!!

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