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Corrales author Henry Beechhold's first published novel tells the story of Dave Hartfield, a smart young soldier who is tapped for covert missions in Europe at the beginning of the Cold War in 1946.
Flashbacks take the reader from Hartfield's postwar life in 1950s Greenwich Village to his top-secret work on a U.S. military assassination team in Belgium and Germany.
Back home, he earns university degrees and writes for a New York City advertising agency. But deep guilt over his deadly missions haunts him and tarnishes his relationships with family and friends.
"Some We Loved" paints a vivid picture of a man seeking closure. It touches on betrayal, confusion and hopelessness. Beechhold takes the reader on a harrowing journey into stormy and reckless relationships.
The book is rich with literary references, beginning with quotations from Omar Khayyam and Charles Baudelaire. Poets, philosophers and scientists also illuminate the pages.
And Beechhold beautifully evokes the settings, from the bohemian streets of New York to the dank flats of Belgium.
The highlight is Beechhold's original poetry, featured in passages about Hartfield's dreams of becoming a writer.
Beechhold, a longtime college professor, is a poet and technical writer who has published books on computer design and maintenance, linguistics and education.
This book cements his reputation as a compelling novelist.
The central theme of "Some We Loved" resonates with the United States again at war.
"Our government is willing to send kids off to kill people and get themselves killed and maimed, forgetting that when they come back, they will be carrying a lot of baggage," Beechhold says. "It's one thing to go marching off to war, soldier boy, beating the drum. People don't have a clue what it's really like."
Dave Hartfield's misery chillingly brings that point home.
