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William Nagle was born in Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, 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 the following March and later discharged. The Odd Angry Shot, his debut, fictionalised his experiences in Vietnam. Published in 1975, the novel won the National Book Council Award and became an instant classic. In 1979 it was made into a major film starring Graham Kennedy, John Hargreaves, John Jarratt and Bryan Brown. Nagle died in 2002.
'Evoking a time and place that can still provoke anger, here is a book long overdue for a reprint.' * Launceston Examiner * 'Short, pithy and powerful.' * Dominion Post * 'This autobiographical novel stands the test of time, revealing human faces caught in a tragic chapter of Australian history.' * SMH/Age/Canberra Times * 'A savage and mordantly funny novel...Visceral and immediate, irreverent and agonised, the story pules with the plea to ''remember...remember''...The narrative slams its way onwards, in brief, brutal, battering scenes like bursts of gunfire, unexpectedly modulating into moments of wistful hope...Nagle takes no prisoners, makes no excuses. It's a story without sentiment, but packed with passion and compassion. Its damaged young men are the core of a shocking, sundering little book that punches far above its length.' * Auckland Weekend Herald *
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