Augie's World author John Brown stops by the Big Talker Podcast with Burke Allen

More than fifty years ago, John Brown was drafted into the US Army and a few months later was provided an all-expense-paid tour of Southeast Asia. He served a year in Vietnam (1969-70) as an Army enlisted man in the Americal Division.  When John returned from Vietnam and was admitted to graduate school, he decided to write about his experiences in the war. He wrote a couple of chapters and sent them off to a few literary agents - all of whom uniformly replied that no one would pay to read and be reminded of that awful war. John vowed that at some point, he would write about his time in Vietnam. Some four decades later, John finally found the time to write his story. The novel, Augie’s War, focuses on how one soldier dealt with that awful experience, and how memories of his Italian-American family upbringing was the crutch he used to get through a very difficult time in his life. His latest novel, Augie’s World, follows Augie when he returns home from Vietnam and tries to deal with PTSD as well as mortal threats from The Mob directed at both he and members of his Italian American family.  Kirkus Reviews calls Augie's World "a profound tale of perseverance and family." Visit John at www.wordsbyjohnbrown.com.