The Top of the Hill
by Irwin Shaw
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HE HAD TO LIVE AT THE RAZOR'S EDGE, TO KNOW THE TASTE OF FEAR, DANGER, LOVE-AND DEATH... It had all closed in on him-his marriage, his job, his life in a city that took everything and gave nothing back-nothing that had meaning. He feared nothing...wanted everything. Every thrill. Every danger. Every woman. But most of all, he wanted freedom-the exhilaration of falling free into a vastness of sky; the intoxication of the thundering surf; the arousal of sudden, dangerous passion; the thrill of careening-reckless, defiant-into the face of death from... THE TOP OF THE HILL
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