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Overview
Looking for adventure, young freelance journalist Adam Berg finds himself in Saigon during the Vietnam War. Unsure if he wants to keep covering the carnage, he temporarily deserts his profession and joins up with a discharged American Air Force sergeant to deal drugs and pimp. Befriended by a Vietnamese police inspector who does not care about the war and wants only to solve crimes, especially the recent brutal murders of Vietnamese prostitutes, Berg is enlisted to help capture the American drug lord, whom the detective believes is the killer. Against a background of a Saigon we rarely see, the young journalist falls deeply in love with a beautiful Vietnamese prostitute, who is also ...
Looking for adventure, young freelance journalist Adam Berg finds himself in Saigon during the Vietnam War. Unsure if he wants to keep covering the carnage, he temporarily deserts his profession and joins up with a discharged American Air Force sergeant to deal drugs and pimp. Befriended by a Vietnamese police inspector who does not care about the war and wants only to solve crimes, especially the recent brutal murders of Vietnamese prostitutes, Berg is enlisted to help capture the American drug lord, whom the detective believes is the killer. Against a background of a Saigon we rarely see, the young journalist falls deeply in love with a beautiful Vietnamese prostitute, who is also tragically murdered. To overcome his grief, the young journalist is drawn into the world of the opium den. But as he experiences love and loss, the journalist destroys the drug lord in a sudden, brutal act of revenge.
Product Details
ISBN-13: 9781424170388
Publisher: Publish America
Publication date: 5/28/2007
Pages: 187
Product dimensions: 6.00 (w) x 9.00 (h) x 0.43 (d)
Meet the Author
Ron Steinman was bureau chief for NBC News in Saigon during the Vietnam War. He was a executive at NBC News, and a long-time senior producer on the Today Show and for instant specials. At ABC News Productions, he produced many documentaries for A&E, The Learning Channel, Discovery and History Channel. He is the author of four books, including his memoir of the Vietnam War, "Inside Television's First War" and "The Soldiers' Story." He is executive editor and a columnist for The Digital Journalist and The Digital Filmmaker. He is also an independent documentary filmmaker with his company, Douglas/Steinman Productions.
Overview
Looking for adventure, young freelance journalist Adam Berg finds himself in Saigon during the Vietnam War. Unsure if he wants to keep covering the carnage, he temporarily deserts his profession and joins up with a discharged American Air Force sergeant to deal drugs and pimp. Befriended by a Vietnamese police inspector who does not care about the war and wants only to solve crimes, especially the recent brutal murders of Vietnamese prostitutes, Berg is enlisted to help capture the American drug lord, whom the detective believes is the killer. Against a background of a Saigon we rarely see, the young journalist falls deeply in love with a beautiful Vietnamese prostitute, who is also ...