“Searching for Gurney is a tender, convincing, sometimes harrowing, and wonderfully written novel that explores the psychological aftershocks of the American war in Vietnam. For veterans and their families this is a must read.”

—Tim O’Brien, author of The Things They Carried

“Searching for Gurney will open your mind and heart to the sad reality that too many Vietnam veterans faced when they returned home. Jack Estes has given us powerful characters who allow readers to understand a time when young men risked everything and lost much to serve their nation’s bidding.”

—Karl Marlantes, author of Matterhorn

“In Estes’ war novel, Searching for Gurney, four soldiers cope with the effects of a deadly engagement between U.S. Marines and members of the North Vietnamese Army. The staggered timelines offer readers an almost Cubist vision of PTSD, providing its context while dramatizing its aftereffects. It all builds steadily to the key event, which, by the time it arrives, has grown to near-mythic proportions.”

—Kirkus Reviews

“Estes, a Marine Corps veteran who was wounded in Vietnam, brings both personal experience and meticulous research to the page. This brutal novel of American and Vietnamese soldiers’ struggles during and after the war will enthrall fans of character-driven drama. Great for fans of Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried, Bao Ninh’s The Sorrow of War.”

—BookLife