James Arnold Horowitz, better known as James Salter, his pen name and later-adopted legal name, was an American novelist and short-story writer. Originally a career officer and pilot in the United States Air Force, he resigned from the military in 1957 following the successful publication of his first novel, The Hunters.
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2003
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Opening Excerpt
From the storyHollis was in the back at a table piled with books and a space among them where he was writing when Carol came in.
Hello, she said.
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3.2 / 5
Bittersweet
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1.4 / 5
Contemplative
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Speculative / Reality
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