Frank talks with writer James Salter, who's new book, Cassada, is actually a re-working of an earlier novel. Salter, a former Korean War pilot, wrote The Arm of Flesh 40 years ago, at the start of his writing career. It was a failure; but now he has revised the work, which tells the story of an Air Force fighter pilot during the Cold War of the 1950s. Several critics have judged Cassada to be a success. (9:30) (Note: Cassada is published by Counterpoint).
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