Last Night | James Salter Overview
In the following essay, the critic gives an overview of James Salter’s work.
Author and screenwriter James Salter wrote his first two novels, The Hunters and The Arm of Flesh, based on his years in the Air Force and his service as a fighter pilot. He revised both, and they were each reprinted approximately forty years later. Times Literary Supplement contributor Mark Greif reviewed the new version of The Hunters, which was originally published one year before Salter left the Air Force, and wrote, ‘‘more than four decades after its publication, this newly revised edition of James Salter’s The Hunters speaks more eloquently...
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