Pulitzer Project: A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain

Robert Olen Butler's A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain was a pleasant change from the last few Pulitzer winners I've read. Butler can write, among other things, and he doesn't leave you wondering just how much more misery a writer can pack into one book.  The book is a collection of short stories that share a common theme: Vietnam. Or, more accurately, Vietnamese people. Butler is a Vietnam