Diverting The Buddha

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Summary: A driving, powerful, entertaining novel
Review: Set in the turbulent Vietnam War, Bob Swartzel's Diverting The Buddha is a highly recommended political thriller. Two Vietnamese and two Americans find themselves swept into a deadly conflict that none of them can understand or control. Written by a veteran of the U.S. Army Signal Corps in South Vietnam who witnessed the brief-lived Buddhist democracy movement, Diverting The Buddha is driving, powerful, entertaining novel marking Bob Swartzel as a writer of considerable accomplishments.