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Marksman
Vintage hardcover
Hardcover
Published January 1, 1974
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About the author
A.J. Langguth
14 books28 followersA.J. "Jack" Langguth was a Professor at the School of Journalism at the University of Southern California and an American author and journalist. In addition to his non-fiction work, he is the author of several dark, satirical novels. A graduate of Harvard College, Langguth was South East Asian correspondent and Saigon bureau chief for "The New York Times" during the Vietnam war. He was awarded a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship in 1975, and received the The Freedom Forum Award, honoring the nation's top journalism educators, in 2001.
A nonfiction study of the Reconstruction Era, is scheduled to be published in 2013.
A nonfiction study of the Reconstruction Era, is scheduled to be published in 2013.
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February 3, 2024
Langguth's third novel is considerably grimmer than JESUS CHRISTS. Sam Herold is a Viet Nam vet and LA record producer. A powerful LA politician is in the gunsights of Sam's radical associates and Sam is the designated shooter.
Maybe.
Sam's viewpoint is far from reliable and the actuality of his perceptions, viewpoints, and even actions are obscured by his emotions, drugs, and possibly schizophrenia, but then the society around him is pretty much in the same condition. The telling is the tale here and the attitudes and horrors are still familiar today, even if the jargon has changed. Telling a story of political assassination in this style is ambitious and interesting but not always satisfying, at least to this reader. Still, an interesting book and an appropriate chronicle of its dark times.
Maybe.
Sam's viewpoint is far from reliable and the actuality of his perceptions, viewpoints, and even actions are obscured by his emotions, drugs, and possibly schizophrenia, but then the society around him is pretty much in the same condition. The telling is the tale here and the attitudes and horrors are still familiar today, even if the jargon has changed. Telling a story of political assassination in this style is ambitious and interesting but not always satisfying, at least to this reader. Still, an interesting book and an appropriate chronicle of its dark times.
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