“A hypnotic narrative.”
“Better than any movie about the war.”
“Maybe Vietnam is best seen through a shattered helicopter windshield. Chickenhawk is one bloody, painfully honest, and courageous book.”
“When Mason flies, so does his book.”
“Arresting, lean, cool, grotesque, telling.”
“More than any other writer, Mason has been able to capture the feeling of what it was like to be there.”