NON-FICTION NOVEL (YES. BUK. BUK.)

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I fight in red for the same reasons

That Garibaldi chose the red shirt

      -- Because a few men in a field wearing red

Look like many men  -- if there are ten you will think

There are a hundred; if a hundred

You will believe them a thousand.

And the colour of red dances in the enemy's rifle sights

And his aim will be bad – But, best reason of all,

A man in a red shirt can neither hide nor retreat.

         --  Hugh MacDiarmid, Why I Chose Red