Story of Intrigue, Romance, Jealousy and Murder

Author, Steven R. Lundin, has crafted a delicious story that is set against the historical events  of 1943 involving the war effort and the only year the PGA’s entire season was canceled.  Wrapped around these events is a plot that keeps you reading well into the night.

Shooting an Albatross takes us into the lives and conflicts of the Army’s 170th Field Artillery Battalion, specifically with Private First Class Evan Wilkins and Major Floyd Akerly.   The Battalion has been camped at the El Rancho Golf Course in Los Angeles and it serves as the backdrop for an Army-Navy Golf Challenge, a budding romance and a jealousy that rages out of control.

Lundin shows his remarkable literary talent in the way he introduces and blends his characters into the plot.  You sense every movement and sensation that pulls the main characters together and the conflicts that ensue fueled by passion, hidden agendas, deceit, jealousy and rage.

For those that are not golfers, Lundin takes the time to explain the game as it relates to the story line.  However, this story is not about golf.  It is about love in the midst of war, character, discipline and what happens when one man loses it all and the consequences of his actions years after the fact.

Personally I loved Shooting an Albatross as much for the love story as for the Army-Navy golf challenge that sparked it all.  There were times that I thought Lundin went a bit overboard with his analogies and descriptive phrases but in the end that was not a factor in my overall opinion of this book.

This book is worth reading especially if you want to journey back to an era that is all but forgotten!

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