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Based on the author's experience in the Australian Army, The Odd Angry Shot is the seminal account of Australian soldiers in the Vietnam War: brief and bracing, tragic yet darkly funny.
This classic Australian novel won Australia's National Book Council Award and became an iconic film.
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William Nagle was born in Bacchus Marsh, Australia in 1947. Enlisting in the army in 1964, he qualified as a cook the next year. In mid-1966 he was deployed with the SAS to Saigon, but was sent home for subordination and later discharged. His award-winning novel The Odd Angry Shot fictionalized his experiences in Vietnam. Nagle married and spent the latter years of his life in Los Angeles. He died in 2002.
Paul Ham is the multi-award-winning author of Hiroshima Nagasaki (2011), Vietnam: The Australian War (2007), Kokoda (2004) and Sandakan (2012). Since 1998 Paul has been the Australia correspondent for the London Sunday Times, covering politics, business and current affairs.
Paul Ham is the multi-award-winning author of Hiroshima Nagasaki (2011), Vietnam: The Australian War (2007), Kokoda (2004) and Sandakan (2012). Since 1998 Paul has been the Australia correspondent for the London Sunday Times, covering politics, business and current affairs.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The Odd Angry Shot is the seminal account of Australian soldiers in the Vietnam War. Briefand 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. The enemy isnot just the Vietcong they've been sent to fight, but their superiors, the mud and torrential rain,and boredom.This edition comes with a new introduction by the renowned military historian Paul Ham, whowrites- 'The Odd Angry Shot reveals.how war damages and destroys not only life and limb, butalso the brains, hopes and dreams of everyone involved.It is an Australian Dispatchesand-like Michael Herr's classic, which came out two years later-it rips the scales from oureyes.' 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 multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781922079718
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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 Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781922079718
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