Fiction. Latino/Latina Studies. In a sweeping exploration of the lives of five young Chicano men before, during, and after the Vietnam War, this book travels time and space, piecing together a portrait of an ethnic American community touched by the atrocities of war. "This work is very important for Chicano literature because it deals with a subject matter that needs to be brought out. Cano writes with an unpretentious and honest flair"--Charley Trujillo, editor of Soldados: Chicanos in Vietnam, Winner of the 1991 American Book Award.