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Brief and bracing, tragic yet darkly funny, The Odd Angry Shot is an award winning commentary on Vietnam, following a close-knit group of knockabout SAS fighters: their friendships, homesickness and fears; their practical jokes, drinking and fighting. Chronicling their experiences over one year, readers learn that their enemy is not just the Vietcong, but their superiors, the mud and torrential rain, and boredom. It is a reflective and brutal account of how war damages not only physically but psychologically, as soldiers readjust to home life
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‘This autobiographical novel stands the test of time, revealing human faces caught in a tragic chapter of Australian history.’ (The Age)
‘Short, pithy and powerful.’ (Dominion Post)
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‘Short, pithy and powerful.’ (Dominion Post)
The Odd Angry Shot is the seminal account of Australian soldiers in the Vietnam War.
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- PublisherTEXT PUBLISHING COMPANY
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 1922079715
- ISBN 13 9781922079718
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages144
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Brief and bracing, tragic yet darkly funny, The Odd Angry Shot is an award winning commentary on Vietnam, following a close-knit group of knockabout SAS fighters: their friendships, homesickness and fears; their practical jokes, drinking and fighting. Chronicling their experiences over one year, readers learn that their enemy is not just the Vietcong, but their superiors, the mud and torrential rain, and boredom. It is a reflective and brutal account of how war damages not only physically but psychologically, as soldiers readjust to home life The Odd Angry Shot is the seminal account of Australian soldiers in the Vietnam War. Brief and bracing, tragic yet darkly funny, it portrays a close-knit group of knockabout SAS fighters: their mateship, homesickness and fears; their practical jokes, drinking and fighting. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781922079718
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