The Hunters

by James Salter

Overview

"Originally published by Harper & Brothers, 1956."--T.p. verso.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781619020542
Publisher:	Catapult
Publication date:	08/21/2012
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	256
Sales rank:	224,155
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.71(d)

About the Author

James Salter authored numerous books, including the novels All That Is, Solo Faces, Light Years, A Sport and a Pastime, The Arm of Flesh (revised as Cassada), and The Hunters; the memoirs Gods of Tin and Burning the Days; the collections Dusk and Other Stories, which won the 1989 PEN/Faulkner Award, and Last Night, which won the Rea Award for the Short Story and the PEN/Malamud Award; and Life Is Meals: A Food Lover’s Book of Days, written with his wife, Kay Salter. He died in 2015.

Editorial Reviews

This 1956 first novel is rooted in the author's own experiences as a fighter pilot in Korea. Captain Steve Connell is a hot rocket ace, but as his number of missions climbs, his self-confidence and courage begin to fade. Salter revised this edition to correct errors in the original.

Library Journal

"The contemporary writer most admired and envied by other writers. . . . He can . . . break your heart with a sentence."  
—Washington Post Book World

"Anyone under forty may not appreciate how profoundly Salter influenced my generation. [He] created the finest work ever to appear in print—ever—about men who fly and fight."   —Robert F. Dorr, author of F-86 Sabre

Darkly romantic. . .beautifully composed. . .a brilliant war novel." —Chicago Tribune

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