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Fives and Twenty-Fives
Michael Pitre
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Description for Fives and Twenty-Fives
Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 29. Weight in Grams: 276.
It is the early months of the Arab Spring, 2011. But for three young men, two American and one Iraqi, their minds return again and again to 2006, to the bloodiest stretch of the Iraq War. Members of the same platoon, they were tasked with the often deadly job of repairing potholes in the roads of the Al Anbar Province: potholes that almost always concealed a home-made bomb. They have survived the war but now they must learn to live with themselves. As they struggle to find their place in a world that no longer knows them, they realise ... Read more
It is the early months of the Arab Spring, 2011. But for three young men, two American and one Iraqi, their minds return again and again to 2006, to the bloodiest stretch of the Iraq War. Members of the same platoon, they were tasked with the often deadly job of repairing potholes in the roads of the Al Anbar Province: potholes that almost always concealed a home-made bomb. They have survived the war but now they must learn to live with themselves. As they struggle to find their place in a world that no longer knows them, they realise ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781408854464
SKU
V9781408854464
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About Michael Pitre
Michael Pitre is a graduate of LSU, where, as a double major in history and creative writing, he studied with Andrei Codrescu and Mark Jude Poirier. He joined the US Marines in 2002, deploying twice to Iraq and attaining the rank of Captain before leaving the service in 2010 to get his MBA at Loyola. He lives in New Orleans. ... Read more
Reviews for Fives and Twenty-Fives
An unblinking, razor-edged portrait of war ... Deeply moving
Michiko Kakutani, New York Times
An assured, humane and deeply felt depiction of a group of characters whose inner lives extend convincingly beyond the way that brings them together
Financial Times
Pitre shows a rare skill in converting his real-life experiences into a psychologically convincing account of ... Read more
Michiko Kakutani, New York Times
An assured, humane and deeply felt depiction of a group of characters whose inner lives extend convincingly beyond the way that brings them together
Financial Times
Pitre shows a rare skill in converting his real-life experiences into a psychologically convincing account of ... Read more