Novels that perhaps Webb would like to see in Pub Ed Libraries? Used as curriculae "fiction books" in College Freshmen required courses?
No. Novels that he wants to sell and make money off of.
Read one Jim Webb novel. Really hated it and never read another. It did have graphic sex scenes in it. Also had an unhappy ending (after she was captured, a marine LT's wife cheated on him with a terrorist; helped the terrorist kill a marine, then, after the terrorist was killed, went back to the LT and he took rather than killing the b!tch - great opportunity for a little justice was missed there).
It was a crummy novel. I won't by any more of his works. BUT IT WAS JUST A NOVEL.
Webb's Fields of Fire is an outstanding book. I can't vouch for its accuracy or realism, as I did not serve as an infantry platoon leader during the Vietnam War.Webb's A Sense of Honor is the best book I've ever read about the U.S. Naval Academy experience. In fact, I'd recommend it to any young person contemplating attending the Academy.
Webb might be reprehensible as a politician, but he is a fairly respectable novelist. Those two books could be studied as part of a college freshman curriculum.
Webb has reportedly said that one of his books IS being taught in college English classes.