Description

Vietnamis heady exotic scenery captivates 15-year-old Joseph Sherman on the shopping trip for the French community in 1925. He's lured back again and again by his enduring fascination for the nation and for Lan, an attractive mandarin's child he might always remember. Over five haunting years Frederick's existence becomes profoundly enmeshed with Vietnam's violent, battle-divided destiny - until he tries to save anything of enduring benefit throughout the final eager chopper struggle to flee beaten Saigon.