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Title: Excellent work of fiction
Review: I read "Goodbye Darkness" about 10 years ago and just recently reread it. I found it spellbinding both times, stayed up way late reading and reading "just one more chapter"It captures the feel of combat and gives a very good history of much of the war in the Pacific.But this time I actually read the appendix. In it, Manchester notes that during the war he was only on Guadalcanal, after the fighting had ended and on Okinawa (Or was it Iwo Jima?)In short, all those detailed, first person stories including conversations etc, where I thought he was actually talking about himself never happened. At least not to him.I came away from the book with a VERY bad taste in my mouth. Perhaps if he had put this up front, I would have felt differently. As it is, I felt that I had been lied to and deceived.For that reason, one star. I'd give half a star if possible.I've read a number of Manchester's books and have always enjoyed them. Including "Goodbye Darkness"
