SHOOT

by Douglas Fairbairn ‧ RELEASE DATE: March 23, 1973

Shoot's as short and sharp as the retort of one of those M-16's or any one of the many guns with which this is loaded. In any case you won't loiter -- and you won't have to think very much about the morality which is explicit in the concentrated action and implicit in the author's intention. Rex tells the story and he is the leader -- by virtue of decisiveness -- of a hunting party of four friends attacked by some others across the river. One of them is creased by a 30-30 and another kills one of the attackers in retaliation. They do not report the episode which is strangely silenced back in town except for a short obituary. They return to the site -- this time with a Vietnam veteran -- to face the men they know will be there and who obliterate them to a man -- all except Rex who might be better off dead. Men will read this for the ugly grab off violence without perhaps even flinching at the primary atavism of men in groups.

Pub Date: March 23, 1973

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Doubleday

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: March 1, 1973

Categories: FICTION