"First Blood" starts with Rambo learning that his former friend and fellow soldier, Delmar, passed away from cancer caused by exposure to Agent Orange while serving in Indochina. He is also a former literature professor at the University of Iowa and received his PhD from Pennsylvania State University.And according to Sylvester Stallone, there was a lot more of it in the original script, including a section that had Rambo shooting an owl and saying "take that you mouse-munching motherf*****." Before he cut that, along with most of his dialogue, Stallone seriously thought "First Blood" would ruin his career.īut beneath the dangerous stunts, cliché action tropes, and hammy dialogue, the film made a concerted effort to keep the social critique of the book. He has written more than twenty-five works of fiction, which have been translated into thirty languages.
"The finest thriller writer living today, bar none."- Steve Berry, New York Times bestselling authorĪbout the Author David Morrell is an Edgar and Anthony Award finalist, a Nero and Macavity winner, and recipient of a prestigious career achievement: the ThrillerMaster award from the International Thriller Writers. "Morrell writes action scenes like nobody's business."- New York Times Book Review "An absolute master of the thriller."- Dean Koontz, #1 New York Times bestselling author Millions saw the Rambo movies, but those who haven't read the book that started it all are in for a surprise - a critically acclaimed story of character, action, and compassion. This remarkable novel pits a young Vietnam veteran against a small-town cop who doesn't know whom he's dealing with - or how far Rambo will take him into a life-and-death struggle through the woods, hills, and caves of rural Kentucky. Then came the legend, as John Rambo sprang from the pages of First Blood to take his place in the American cultural landscape.
First came the man: a young wanderer in a fatigue coat and long hair. Simultaneous trade paperback.īook Synopsis The award-winning novel that inspired the legendary Rambo film series starring Sylvester Stallone.
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