Other books by John M. Del Vecchio
FOR THE SAKE OF ALL LIVING THINGS
Some reviewers have called For The Sake of All Living Thingsthe most terrifying book they have ever read. This saga follows a rural Cambodian—father Chhoun, beautiful daughter Vathana, and young son Samnang who becomes the Khmer Rouge yothea Met Nang—from the mid-1960s through the escalation of war, into the horrors of the holocaust, and finally to the quest for rebirth. Documenting their story is American Special Forces Captain John Sullivan who served with the Military Equipment Delivery Team, and who has fallen in love with Vathana.
CARRY ME HOME
Carry Me Home brings them back to America—a nation confused and divided by the wars in Southeast Asia. In this poignant epic, Del Vecchio transports the soldiers to their final battlefield—the home front. High Meadow Farm, in the fertile hill country of central Pennsylvania, becomes their salvation. In Vietnam they had fought side by side, brothers in arms. Now in the face of personal tragedy and bureaucratic deception, they create a more enduring allegiance, an alliance of the spirit and the soil. Carry Me Home is the remarkable story of their struggle to find each other and themselves, a saga spanning fifteen years—fifteen years lost in a wilderness called America. In its scope, breadth, and brilliance, Carry Me Homeis much more than a novel about Vietnam and Vietnam veterans, it is a testament to history and hope, to hometowns and homecomings, to love and lost, to faith and family. It is a novel about two decades in our collective lives and the cleansing of our spirit. It is an inspiring and unforgettable novel about American itself. .
DEMISE: A NOVEL OF RACE CULTURE WAR AND FAILING DARKNESS
(from Substance by Sharon Schmidt): Now Del Vecchio is taking on the complexity of America in the 1990s and beyond... this story is told on a large canvas, with deeply rendered characters, and with intense confrontations with serious issues... (It) is a suspenseful story, dense with believable characters and events, specific to a particular time and place, but universal in real issues.
...Earlier in his career, Del Vecchio was compared to Herman Melville [The 13th Valley being compared to Moby Dick]... ...100 years from now, [one will need to read this work] to better understand American life in the second half of the 20th Century and across the millennium.
THE BREMER DETAIL
Frank Gallagher, Agent-in-Charge of The Bremer Security Team, Iraq -- A Memoir.
"...Gallagher has captured all the drama and difficulties of operating in a violent war zone, post-Sadam Iraq... On a number of occasions, some of them revealed in this book, Gallagher and his team literally saved lives--mine and others--through their quick and professional reactions to danger."
L. Paul Bremer
[Del Vecchio is Gallagher's co-author.]
AUGUST 2024
...AUGUST 2024, a new novel by John M. Del Vecchio, a must-read author in the genre of modern war literature. One Vietnam War combat veteran said this about Del Vecchio's The 13th Valley: it was like "hearing from my soul in the night."
[AUGUST 2024] is set in the year 2048, during a period of crisis, the collapse of social order, balkanization of the United States, and the rise of tyranny. It is written from the perspective of narrator Angelica, as she reflects on events that unfolded in 2024, when she was 14 years old. --Susan Katz Keating, Soldier of Fortune Magazine.
Podcast of DEMISE
Illinois NPR: DEMISE - Race, Culture Wars…
AS THE ALIGNMENT of the stars would have it, two of the podcasts I recorded last fall were delayed, then released this week within 36 hours of each other. This one, with Illinois NPR host Jay Hoffman, focuses on DEMISE, and on numerous current issues including race, polarizations, corporatism, suicide, schools, and the culture war. Enjoy!
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Front Row Network (NPR): SPECIAL EPISODE: Interview with Author John M. Del Vecchio
Jay Hoffman has an interview with best-selling author and National Book Award Finalist John M. Del Vecchio as they dig into the many themes present in Del Vecchio's latest book "Demise: A Novel of Race, Culture Wars, and Falling Darkness".
SPECIAL EPISODE: Interview with Author John Del Vecchio | NPR Illinois
John Del Vecchio is a best-selling author and a National Book Award Finalist who offers his unique perspective on a variety of topics and their historical antecedents. He uses his time as a Vietnam veteran to tackle issues such as race, economic issues, mental health, and the changing family dynamics in society. In our interview with John, we will get into the many themes present in his latest book “Demise: A Novel of Race, Culture Wars, and Falling Darkness” and his personal experiences littered throughout. Please join us as we get the author’s perspective on his latest book.