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by: Robert O'Connor
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780006545279
Format: Import
ISBN: 0006545270
Label: Flamingo
Manufacturer: Flamingo
Number Of Pages: 320
Publication Date: 1993
Publisher: Flamingo
Studio: Flamingo
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Nothing this good. Before, or since.
From the cover to the final page, not an iota of color exists within Buffalo Soldiers. Anyone who's lived in an army barrack during peacetime knows the direction race relations within the ranks have taken. O'Connor's chilling story leaves no doubt; the situation is worse than anyone imagined.
Free fall. That's where Spec-4 Ray Elwood is headed, and in his less and less frequent MPC's (moments of perfect clarity) he knows it. The rest of the time, he's taking steps to get his stake and get ... Read More
Rating: - Books aren't comfort food
Judging by some of the reviews I've read of some of the books I've read lately, a chunk of readers don't want to be disturbed, offended or otherwise challenged by anything they read. Then why read? And if you fit this category, don't bother with "Buffalo Soldiers." If you don't, keep reading ...
I didn't read "Buffalo Soldiers" for an accurate depiction of the Army, & I didn't get one. The Army is merely the novel's setting, as it was for "Catch-22," which portrayed it no more accurately. ... Read More
Rating:  - A Disappointment
To be honest, this wasn't a book I would have read on my own, but, as O'Connor was a guest to a college fiction class, I read Buffalo Soldiers regardless.
The book was meant for the male half of our species, to be sure, as there is absolutely no endearing value whatsoever to a female like myself. Being that it is written in the second person, an unusual choice but an effective one, it puts the reader into the life of the lead character, Ray Elwood, immediately. Unfortunately, I was very ... Read More
Rating: - The Most Important Book I Have Ever Read
I have read this book five or so times over the last ten years. It is brilliant. Each time I read it, I appreciate Professor O'Connor's observations about the world and the wildly original way the story is told (military speak is used to describe all aspects of life.) The events are atypical enough to thoroughly entertain. However, the issues Elwood grapples with--institutional betrayal, a dog-eat-dog world, meanness, loneliness, etc--are issues that all readers should be able to identify with.
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Rating: - Dark satire with great characters
Don't expect to find any heroic soldiers in this story. In fact, don't expect to find characters you will like. However, you will find believable characters in believable situations. Contrary to what some reviewers have written here, everyone in the military is not perfect. Kudo's to the troops that swept through Kuwait during Desert Storm, but let's not forget the Tailhook incident. This story is not about all the military, just one small group of soldiers at one base in Germany at a particular point ... Read More
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