Briarpatch is one of the few Thomas novels I have yet to
read. I saved two or three for times when I really needed a
lift. Meanwhile I reread my favorites.
Interesting plotline you mention regarding buying up the
leftover American arms in Vietnam. When I was there Vietnam
was a living museum of 20th century small arms. A great deal
of WWII surplus arms from Allied and Axis powers somehow
managed to get shipped there long before the US was involved.
These could be readily bought in the markets and some GIs
fancied something a bit different from the M-16, especially
during the period when that rifle was prone to jamming.
A favorite was the all-metal "Grease Gun" used by U.S.
paratroopers in WWII. A big reason was it fired .45 caliber
ammo, which was easy to obtain in Vietnam. Every gun has a
distintive sound and the Grease Gun firing in the relatively
slow automatic rate of the 1940s
(and with that deep base-boom of the .45) had a nifty, unique
sound that stood out from the AKs and 16s in a fire
fight.
Anyway, Vietnam was, and I bet still is, crawling with all
kinds of weapons. I'll have to put Briarpatch on my list to
read for February. As I've said before, Thomas has given me
more reading pleasure than any other writer I can think
of.
Richard Moore
--- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, Michael Robison
<miker_zspider@y...> wrote:
> Mark wrote:
>
> Nothing about the Kennedy assassination and really
no
> other significant theory about real historical
events
> that I can recall. Well, maybe. In the book,
agents
> for the CIA buy American arms left in Vietnam
after
> the war and sell them to factions in other third
world
> nations that want them.
>
> miker
>
>
>
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