THE STORY: BOTTICELLI finds two American soldiers in the wilds of Vietnam (or any battle area) playing an intellectual guessing game while waiting for a trapped enemy soldier to show himself. They smoke, reminisce, play their game and wait. When the enemy soldier appears they coolly shoot him down and then go on reciting the great names of literature, philosophy and music; their total lack of reverence and concern for the man they have killed, the life they have taken, contrasting starkly with the humanistic concepts and erudition to which they have been exposed.
“a bitingly original look at some American attitudes” —The New York Times.
“a powerful satire on American callousness toward the Vietnam war and its implications for the country” —WCBS Radio.
Included in the collection
Apple Pie.
