William Nagle William Nagle i(A32011 works by) (a.k.a. William L. Nagle)
Born: Established: 1947 Bacchus Marsh, Bacchus Marsh - Ballan area, Melbourne - Outer West / North West, Melbourne, Victoria, ; Died: Ceased: 2 Mar 2002 Los Angeles, California,
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Gender: Male
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Nagle served as a soldier in Vietnam 1966-1968. He has worked as a screenwriter in the film industry, including in the USA and Great Britain, since 1979, and has received a number of awards. His only novel, The Odd Angry Shot, was made into a feature film in 1979, with a screenplay adaptation by Tom Jeffrey. His other film credits include the screenplay for Death of a Soldier (1985), co-authorship (with Tony Johnston) of the screenplay for The Siege of Firebase Gloria (1988) and on-screen presenter of 'The Van Beelen Case' (1987), an episode of the series of crime investigation documentaries Beyond Reasonable Doubt.

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y separately published work icon The Odd Angry Shot Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1975 Z305662 1975 single work novel war literature

'The Odd Angry Shot is the seminal account of Australian soldiers in the Vietnam War.

'Brief and bracing, tragic yet darkly funny, it portrays a close-knit group of knockabout SAS fighters: their mateship, homesickness and fears; their practical jokes, drinking and fighting. The enemy is not just the Vietcong they’ve been sent to fight, but their superiors, the mud and torrential rain, and boredom.' (Publication summary : Text Classics)

1975 joint winner National Book Council Award for Australian Literature
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