Word: gangly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight, Breslin...
Only a few hundred police stand against that event, for Lesotho is too poor to afford an army. The king, on the other hand, has a private cavalry-a formidable gang of red-blanketed horsemen-and many Basutos possess hunting rifles. Nor could the South African Government be prevailed upon to intervene for the Prime Minister. It dare not if it wanted to, for such interference in another country's affairs could set a dangerous precedent for South Africa herself...
...suicidal afternoon during exam period, I headed to the Coop Annex to watch the big man sign copies of his big new book, The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight...
BRESLIN signed a book, inscribing it "To Tom and Debbie" for a law student who identified himself as a newlywed. As Larry King (the Harper's writer and a friend of Breslin's) arrived, someone asked when another book would follow Gang...
...Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight, Breslin...