{"product_id":"40-men-and-12-rifles-marcelino-truong-9781551529233","title":"40 Men and 12 Rifles: Indochina 1954","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBy the author of \u003c\/em\u003eSuch a Lovely Little War\u003cem\u003e and \u003c\/em\u003eSaigon Calling\u003cem\u003e, a stirring graphic novel about love, beauty, and war in 1950s Indochina.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e40 Men and 12 Rifles \u003c\/em\u003eis an expansive, gripping graphic novel set in Indochina in the year leading up to 1954, when the French-held garrison at Dien Bien Phu fell after a fifty-five-day battle, which lead to the end of the first Indochina war opposing both French and Nationalist Vietnamese forces to Ho Chi Minh's National-Communist underground state. Minh (no relation to Ho) is a young man from Hanoi, an aspiring painter who dreams of experiencing la vie de boheme in Paris's Latin Quarter. To dissuade him from pursuing an artistic life, his father sends him into the countryside to tend to the family holdings. He is soon pressed into serving with the Ho Chi Minh People's Army, where he becomes a soldier, and is co-opted by his leaders to the Communist propaganda machine, despite repeatedly defying his cadres--ideological Communist commanders with whom he disagrees-- becoming both hero and anti-hero in the process.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e40 Men and 12 Rifles \u003c\/em\u003eis a moving and beautifully illustrated book about the human and artistic spirit of the Indochinese people, who persevered in the face of warfare and suffering.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marcelino Truong\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1551529238\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781551529233\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Arsenal Pulp Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/03\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.37h x 7.40w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/30\/2023","brand":"Marcelino Truong","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44122043023615,"sku":"9781551529233","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_338746af-a62e-4b6f-b039-31261d65f73d.jpg?v=1687422824","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/40-men-and-12-rifles-marcelino-truong-9781551529233","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}