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About Escape From Saigon: A Novel
Product description "Escape from Saigon" is a story of heroes, secret agents, turncoats, romance and danger in Saigon--a city the advancing enemy army threatens their city and their way of life. · The fast-paced saga reveals the bravery, intrigue and the endurance of the human spirit as diplomats, journalists, CIA agents and Vietnamese refugees are trapped in Saigon--their beloved city once known as The Pearl of the Orient. · The action takes place during the final 30 days of the Vietnam War as the city's inhabitants look for any way to escape the advancing North Vietnamese Army. Among them are Matt Moran, a soldier searching for his Vietnamese wife's terrified relatives; Lisette Vo a Vietnamese-American TV reporter who risks her life to chronicle the events of that fateful time; an American businessman who "adopts" 300 of his employees in a bid to sneak them out. All this while the enemy tightens its stranglehold on the city in a novel that reveals the plight of ordinary people swept up by the mistakes and folly of the politicians and generals. · "Escape from Saigon" is ideal for anyone who has been touched by the Vietnam War or plans to visit Saigon, now Ho Chi Minh City, and wants to know how the Vietnam evolved from a French colonial oasis to a popular travel destination. Praise for "Escape from Saigon" Casey Sherman, New York Times Bestselling Author of "The Finest Hours" "Escape from Saigon is a sweeping saga that places you dead center in the tumultuous final days of the war in Vietnam. Authors Mike Morris and Dick Pirozzolo carry on the tradition of Michener and Clavell in that they make history come alive through rich, compelling characters in a pulsating narrative." Winston Groom, author of "Forrest Gump" "Set during the final days of the Vietnam War, Escape From Saigon brings to life the war-torn lives of the men and women, soldiers and civilians alike, each trying to escape the fall of Saigon before it engulfs them all. A vivid, unvarnished vision." · Nicholas Gage, author of "Eleni: A savage war, a mother's love and a son's revenge" and "Greek Heat." · "Escape from Saigon movingly dramatizes the plight of people caught in the crucible of war and trying to survive. A searing tale that vividly recreates a tumultuous time in our recent history." · Skip Yetter, author of "Rilertown: A Jake Ketcher Novel" who has lived and worked in Southeast Asia for a decade. · "Michael Morris and Dick Pirozzolo have created a mirror image of the Vietnam War with the style and authority of Tom Clancy, accurately depicting the final heartbreaking weeks of the decades long conflict. Lovers of intrigue, history, or anyone in search of an excellent action read that accurately depicts the journalists who covered the Vietnam War will love this book." · Barry Nolan, former anchor of "Hard Copy." · From the beginning - you can smell the cordite and feel the fear. As a reporter I loved the truthful sketches of bar scenes, and the pervading sense of how messy and risky life really was behind the neatly edited stories that - for the first time - brought war into our living rooms. · Erika Armstrong, ATP, aviation professor, and author of "A Chick in the Cockpit." · "The Vietnam War produced some of the best pilots in the world because their lives, as well as the soldiers on the ground, depended on them to get it right on the first try. Escape from Saigon makes the connection between what was happening in the air with the result of their efforts on the ground." Skyhorse Publishing, as well as Arcade, Yucca, and Good Books imprints, publish a broad range of books for readers interested in fiction--novels, novellas, political and medical thrillers, comedy, satire, historical fiction, romance, erotic and love stories, mystery, classic literature, folklore and mythology, literary classics including Shakespeare, Dumas, Wilde, Cather, and more. Review Novel Revives Vietnam War Memories -- and Lessons If the Kennedy brain trust had read "The Quiet American," Graham Greene's masterful novel about Vietnam, published in 1955, things would have turned out differently. "Escape from Saigon" has the same ring of authenticity. It should: the authors both served in Vietnam. Michael Morris was sent to Vietnam when he was just 19 years old and, as an infantry sergeant in Northern 1 Corps, he saw some of the fiercest fighting of the war. He was wounded and his bravery was rewarded with a Purple Heart. Dick Pirozzolo was an Air Force information officer in Saigon. Perhaps that is why the city is so well described, from the watering holes to hotels, like the Caravelle and the Continental where so many journalists stayed and drank. Drinking was a part of Saigon in war. When I finally made it to Vietnam in 1995, I traced the war from Hanoi, replete with its French boulevards down through Da Nang, Hue and China Beach. All so peaceful, after so much bloodshed. Battlefields are that way. "Escape from Saigon" could be a sad book, or a book of recrimination, or an attack on the American role. Instead, it is a novel of facts told through the lives of the people: journalists, a bar keeper, a priest, a CIA official, South Vietnamese who worked for the Americans and sometimes betrayed them, and those who fled by plane and boat. The novel is exceptional in authenticity. Its portrait of city in extremis is chilling and completely engrossing. It will take many back and some forward -- forward to new foreign involvements. Llewellyn King, executive producer and host of "The White House Chronicle" on PBS. For the complete review visit: bit.ly/2ds6S6j "The near-total confusion and breakdown of a great city is well portrayed and works well as a cliffhanger thriller. I highly recommend it to those who are interested in what it was like at the end in Saigon in April 1975. · "While I was safe at home in Maple Valley, Washington, part of my heart was in Saigon, the Paris of Southeast Asia. I shed a tear when I heard the announcement on the radio, and I shed a few tears reading this fine thriller." · David Willson--The VVA Veteran "Escape is as much about the war as it is about reporting on the war. · "Through two of the characters -- Lisette Vo, NBS-TV's first Vietnamese-American war correspondent, and Sam Esposito, the hard-hitting journalist with The Washington Legend who infuriates President Nixon -- we are reminded of how grindingly cumbersome it was to deliver the news to the American public 40 years ago. · "Vietnam was America's first television war, and there were only three networks, whose anchors were trusted,larger-than-life people whom we invited into our living rooms." · Bob Brown--Swellesley Report The authors gather the perspectives shared by their characters into a delicately counterbalanced story that will both entertain and educate readers on the reality of war: with every thrilling victory comes loss. Men, women, soldiers, civilians, journalists, and politicians are all caught in the same chaos. The sum of their experiences brings an indistinct picture of Vietnam into brilliant focus. Escape from Saigon is intensely human, thoroughly compelling, and true to history. Sylvia Gaezenzle -- American Grit This historically accurate novel follows the lives of NBS-TV's first Vietnamese-American correspondent and the hard-hitting Sam Esposito of The Washington Legend whose news reports infuriated Richard Nixon, an American businessman who risks his life to smuggle out his employees; an American soldier searching for his wife's relatives, and a French expatriate barkeep hanging on the last vestiges of colonialism, along with US diplomats, including the disillusioned Ambassador Graham Martin, CIA operatives and double agents. BookWorld.com From the Author When Michael Morris and I embarked on "Escape from Saigon - a Novel," I knew I would be stretching my historical research skills and creative muscles to write this debut novel, but I never realized that when I crawled down the rabbit hole and wandered into the pivotal event in my life -- indeed the lives of most of my generation -- that it would be such an emotional journey. Since my wartime tour as an information officer in Saigon, I've returned to Vietnam many times, reporting on the progress that has been made toward U.S.-Vietnam reconciliation. Today, Vietnam is a key ally of the U.S. with Navy ships calling on its ports and an active trading partner. · As I rummaged through old papers and photos to recapture the tone and fabric of pre-1975 Saigon I came across an editorial that I wrote for Insight Magazine in 1994 when the US and Vietnam began their path toward reconciliation in earnest. I think the last paragraph says it best: Remember too that for every fallen American, there are thousands of Americans like myself who returned from Vietnam with unanswered questions and left wondering whether any of us did any good and, when we put away our uniforms, we just ended up alone. From the Inside Flap A Deeply Human Debut Novel of the horror of war and triumph of survival during the fall of Saigon. Few thirty-day periods in history have been more tumultuous than the fall of Saigon in April of 1975--an event that offers poignant lessons on protracted foreign entanglements and how an America that once welcomed refugees, now looks upon the most vulnerable victims of war with fear and suspicion. With US military now gone for two years, the North Vietnamese Army routed South Vietnam's forces, resulting in thousands of refugees pouring into the former colonial capital. The world watched and waited for what many expected would be a bloodbath. Escape from Saigon follows ordinary people trapped in the besieged city. Among them are a former GI attempting to rescue his Vietnamese wife's terrified relatives; a Vietnamese-American television reporter whose conflicted heritage threatens her future; an American businessman risking his life to smuggle out his employees; and the last remaining US diplomats in Saigon, including the ambassador, military liaisons, and CIA operatives. The NVA onslaught is spearheaded by two officers--one intent on maintaining military restraint, the other bent on revenge and will sweep up families, friends, and comrades in this final chapter of a war that has already taken millions of lives. Escape from Saigon is a story of a city and its inhabitants struggling to survive in its most desperate hours--a tale that stays true to the historic record while recounting moments of human hardship, courage, romance and triumph. From the Back Cover Praise for Escape from Saigon · "A sweeping saga that places you dead center in the tumultuous final days of the war in Vietnam... lines are crossed, allegiances questioned, souls collide and heroes are born. Authors Mike Morris and Dick Pirozzolo carry on the grand tradition of Michener and Clavell in that they make history come alive through rich, compelling characters in a pulsating narrative." Casey Sherman, New York Times Bestselling Author of The Finest Hours and Boston Strong "The novel is exceptional in authenticity. Its portrait of city in extremis is chilling and completely engrossing. It will take many back and some forward -- forward to new foreign involvements." Lewellyn King, The White House Chronicle on PBS "Michael Morris and Dick Pirozzolo have created a mirror image of the Vietnam era with the style and authority of Tom Clancy, accurately depicting the final heartbreaking weeks of the decades long conflict. Lovers of intrigue, history buffs, or anyone in search of an excellent action read that accurately depicts the journalists who dedicated their lives to covering the Vietnam War will love this book." Skip Yetter, author of Rilertown: A Jake Ketcher Novel "Set during the final days of the Vietnam War, Escape From Saigon brings to life the war-torn lives of the men and women, soldiers and civilians alike trapped in the capital city, each trying to escape the fall of Saigon before it engulfs them all. A vivid, unvarnished vision." Winston Groom, author of Better Times Than These and Forrest Gump "Escape from Saigon deftly weaves literary fiction rife with romance and intrigue, and historic fact, all the while providing a reminder of how the same foreign policy blunders in Vietnam were repeated in Afghanistan and Iraq."- Carmen Gentile, war correspondent in Afghanistan and Iraq for Esquire and TIME, the author of Kissed by the Taliban. "Escape from Saigon movingly dramatizes the plight of people caught in the crucible of war and trying to survive. A searing tale that vividly recreates a tumultuous time in our recent history." Nicholas Gage author of Eleni and Greek Heat "The Vietnam war produced some of the best pilots in the world because their lives, as well as the soldiers on the ground, depended on them to get it right on the first try. This story helps make the connection between what was happening in the air with the result of their efforts on the ground...both good and bad." Erika Armstrong, ATP, aviation professor, and author of A Chick in the Cockpit About the Author Michael Morris and Dick Pirozzolo are decorated Vietnam veterans who launched successful careers as journalists and authors following their return home from Vietnam. Michael Morris first saw Vietnam as a nineteen-year-old infantry sergeant in 1967 - 68. He served in the Northern I Corps region during some of the war's fiercest fighting, including the Tet Offensive, earning a Purple Heart for wounds received in combat. Afterward, he made a career of journalism as a newspaper reporter, magazine editor, and freelance writer. Dick Pirozzolo served in Vietnam in 1970 - 71. He was awarded The Bronze Star for his service as an Air Force information officer in Saigon, where he was as an Air Force media spokesperson. he often participated at the daily press briefings nicknamed "The Five O'clock Follies." He developed a lasting affection for Vietnam and its people. In the mid 190's he played a prominent role in fostering US-Vietnam business and educational relationships and the country's reconciliation with the US. Dick still maintains ties to Vietnam and serves on the Editorial Board of the Boston Global Forum, a think tank focused on peace initiatives that include fostering cultural, commercial, and political ties with Vietnam.
