Good Man »

A soldier's story, one particulary timely amid the news of abuse in Iraq. It is the beautifully and poignantly told story of Gabriel Cuttman, an aging Korean War veteran, a good man who has done bad things and is struggling by a terrible secret.

Library Journal

In this affecting first novel, a physically and spiritually wounded Korean War veteran returns to the Montana sheep ranch of his youth after 40 years. With only one good eye and much of his memory gone owing to a gunshot wound that may or may not have been a suicide attempt, Gabriel Guttman is trying to piece together his life and find some way to forgive himself for an atrocity he helped perpetrate in Korea. Once in Montana, he reunites with the Korean peasant woman he brought back with him from the war, whose love he no longer remembers, and Yahng Yi, her beautiful teenage daughter. People and place gradually reawaken the past, and with the help of Yahng Yi, Gabriel begins to rediscover the lost years and find a measure of redemption. The novel combines often rough action with quietly subtle emotions to create a fresh and memorable tale of a troubled man's return from war. Recommended for most public libraries.-Lawrence Rungren, Merrimack Valley Lib. Consortium, Andover, MA Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.