In 1977 he began writing matterhorn , a novel about his experience of combat in the jungle .
1977年,他开始写《马特洪》(matterhorn),一本关于他在丛林中作战经历的小说。
It textures karl marlantes 's war novel " matterhorn , " published last year , and provides the mournful keynote to his new nonfiction book , " what it is like to go to war . "