Fans of DeMille will be delighted with Up Country. While it may be his longest work yet, it is one which the reader will not want to end. Those readers who served in the military, particularly the Army, during the Vietnam war will find that bond forged by a common hardship and suffering carries over into DeMille's work--once an infantryman, always an infantryman. DeMille, as usual, develops his characters in sharp and complicated detail. With every twist and turn of the plot, another layer of complexity is added to the two main characters, Paul Brenner and Susan Weber. And as usual, DeMille's dialogue is dead on always, and hilarious at times. I had to leave the bedroom while I read Up Country. I kept laughing out loud at Brenner's wiseass dialogue and waking my wife. Do yourself a favor and buy this book. It's the best read you will have until the next DeMille novel is published. I haven't enjoyed myself as much since I read The Gold Coast.