A biographical examination of the author of novels A Sport and a Pastime, Light Years, and Solo Faces. The author follows Salter's life from his youth in Manhattan and his days at West Point Military Academy through his careers as an Air Force pilot, screenwriter, and journalist, to his eventual success with novels and short stories. Throughout, the effects of Salter's life upon his fiction are explored. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.