If you see this book, buy it. Told in language that is hypnotic, almoststream of consciousness, this book is as good as any I have read aboutyoung men getting ready to fight. That doesn't mean it's swaggering orpugnacious or combative. It's sad, very funny, very insightful and totallyconvincing. Blinn writes superbly well-- scabrous, bawdy, delicate, sad,outrageous and humane. He knows people and knows how to write to revealthe truth of the emotions beneath the surface armour that most men present to the outside world.
And as a commentary on the absurdities and superficialities of modernAmerican society it's also one of the best I have read.
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