Karl Marlantes

Inspiration for Karl Marlantes' novel Matterhorn came in the summer of 1970 when he was a recent Vietnam war veteran.

The reaction he got from anti-war protestors on his return to the US prompted his desire to explain the war from a soldier's viewpoint.

Thirty five years, and a string of publisher rejections later, the novel Matterhorn has finally been published and is recieving rave reviews.

Mark spoke to Karl about how the book evolved in the time he waited for a publisher.

First broadcast August 10th 2010.