The Interceptor Pilot

About the Book

This cinematic novel tells the story of an American fighter pilot, a veteran of aerial combat in the Korean War. Fifteen years later, for his own compelling reasons, the former ace volunteers his services to North Vietnam in a mission to defend the small country against bombing by his own countrymen. “A film you read,” with elements of both a treatment and a screenplay, The Interceptor Pilot is a description of the action-adventure thriller that was politically impossible for Hollywood.

"Generates the power of the film it imagines itself to be."

—New York Times Book Review

About the Author

Kenneth Gangemi has published one book of poetry, Lydia, and four works of fiction: Olt, a novel, Corroboree, a book of nonsense, The Interceptor Pilot, a cinematic novel about Vietnam, and The Volcanoes from Puebla, about living and traveling in Mexico. He lives in New York City, where he is working on a novel and a second collection of poetry.