NOWAMAJORMOTIONPICTUREDIRECTEDBYPETERFARRELLY,STARRINGZACEFRONANDRUSSELLCROWE!InstantNewYorkTimesBestsellerInstantUSATodayBestseller“Chickietakesusthousandsofmilesonahilariousquestlacedwithsorrow,butneverdull.Youwilllaughandcry,butyouwillnotbesorrythatyoureadthisrollickingstory.“--MalachyMcCourtAwildlyentertaining,feel-goodmemoirofanIrish-AmericanNewYorkerandformerU.S.marinewhoembarkedonacourageous,hare-brainedschemetodeliverbeertohispalsservingVietnaminthelate1960s.Onenightin1967,twenty-six-year-oldJohnDonohue--knownasChick--wasoutwithfriends,drinkinginaNewYorkCitybar.ThefriendsgatheredtherehadlostlovedonesinVietnam.Nowtheywatchedasanti-warprotestersturnedonthetroopsthemselves.Oneneighborhoodpatriotcameupwithaninspired--somewouldcallitinsane--idea.SomeoneshouldsneakintoVietnam,trackdowntheirbuddiesthere,givethemmessagesofsupportfrombackhome,andshareafewlaughsoveracanofbeer.ItwouldbetheGreatestBeerRunEver.Butwho’dbecrazyenoughtodoit?Onemanwasupforthechallenge--aU.S.MarineCorpsveteranturnedmerchantmarinerwhowasn’tabouttodeserthisbuddiesonthefrontlineswhentheyneededhim.Chickvolunteered.Adaylater,hewasonacargoshipheadedtoVietnam,armedwithIrishluckandabackpackfullofalcohol.LandinginQuiNho’n,Chicksetoffonanadventurethatwouldchangehislifeforever--anodysseythattookhimthroughaseriesofhilariousescapadesandharrowingclosecalls,includingtheTetOffensive.Butnoneofthatmatteredifhecouldbringsomecheertohispalsandshowthemhowmuchthefolksbackhomeappreciatedthem.Thisisthestoryofthatepicbeerrun,toldinChick’sownwordsandthoseofthemenhevisitedinVietnam.
