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Groom, Winston. BETTER TIMES THAN THESE. New York: Summit Books, (1978.) Hardcover



Book club edition. First novel by the author best known for 'Forrest Gump.' The story of Bravo Company in Vietnam in 1966 (including a character named Homer Crump, who prefigures Forrest Gump) ; Willie Morris stated that he believed this would 'stand as the great novel of the Vietnam War.' Map endpapers. 375 pp. Good in good dust jacket (edgewear to dj.) .ISBN # 0-671-40007x 

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