content: I have read a lot of Stephen King's books and this is one of the few that did not have an obvious ending. It was more of a trip back to the sixties and for those who were a part of it could be quite disturbing. It touched on alot of different aspects of growing up and living during one of this countries most volatile periods. Although it covers both sides of the war issue, a lot more of the veteran's insights were dealt with. Who were the real victims? One thing I really disliked was the implication that almost every Viet-Nam vet ended an extremely disturbed individual. It also had a touch of supernatural (would it be King without it?). It reminded me a lot of Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five -Life just keeps going on- can you really change anything? A book you'll keep thinking back to after you've finished it.