Missionaries by Phil Klay Paperback Book

Description: Missionaries by Phil Klay A sweeping, momentous novel that shines a light on war, and the individual lives that go on long after the drones have left the skies, from the National Book Award-winning author of Redeployment. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Expansive, explosive and epic - Marlon JamesA courageous book - New York Times Book ReviewA BARACK OBAMA BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020Neither Mason, a US Special Forces medic, nor Lisette, a foreign correspondent, has emerged from Americas long wars in Iraq and Afghanistan unscathed. Yet, for them, war still exerts a terrible draw - the noble calling, the camaraderie, the life-and-death stakes. Where else in the world can such a person go?All roads lead to Colombia, where the US has partnered with the local government to stamp out a vicious civil war and keep the predatory narco gangs at bay. Mason is ready for the good war, and Lisette is more than ready to cover it. Author Biography Phil Klay is a veteran of the US Marine Corps. He served in Iraq during the surge and subsequently received an MFA from Hunter College. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, New Yorker and Granta. He is co-host of the Manifesto! podcast and is the author of Redeployment, which was a New York Times bestseller and won the National Book Award for Fiction, the John Leonard Award and the Warwick Prize. Missionaries is his first novel.@PhilKlay | philklay.com Review [A] sweeping, searing, wrenching and wise addition to the great literature of Americas postwar imperialism - Guardian, Book of the DayIf Redeployment was about what happened when we ship wars abroad, then Missionaries is what happens when war comes roaring right back. Expansive, explosive, and epic - MARLON JAMESWrenching and insightful - New YorkerMissionaries has a sweep and incisiveness to it I had almost forgotten novels were capable of. I havent been so gripped by a book in years. It is immensely smart and far-seeing, and utterly unsparing. Extraordinary - GARTH GREENWELLBy means of a well-oiled plot, complex characters and adrenaline-fuelled action, Klay opens our eyes to the globalised nature of modern conflict - The Times Long Description A sweeping, momentous novel that shines a light on war, and the individual lives that go on long after the drones have left the skies, from the National Book Award-winning author of Redeployment. Expansive, explosive and epic - Marlon James A courageous book - New York Times Book Review A BARACK OBAMA BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020 Neither Mason, a US Special Forces medic, nor Lisette, a foreign correspondent, has emerged from Americas long wars in Iraq and Afghanistan unscathed. Yet, for them, war still exerts a terrible draw - the noble calling, the camaraderie, the life-and-death stakes. Where else in the world can such a person go? All roads lead to Colombia, where the US has partnered with the local government to stamp out a vicious civil war and keep the predatory narco gangs at bay. Mason is ready for the good war, and Lisette is more than ready to cover it. Review Text [A] sweeping, searing, wrenching and wise addition to the great literature of Americas postwar imperialism - Guardian, Book of the Day If Redeployment was about what happened when we ship wars abroad, then Missionaries is what happens when war comes roaring right back. Expansive, explosive, and epic - MARLON JAMES Wrenching and insightful - New Yorker Missionaries has a sweep and incisiveness to it I had almost forgotten novels were capable of. I havent been so gripped by a book in years. It is immensely smart and far-seeing, and utterly unsparing. Extraordinary - GARTH GREENWELL By means of a well-oiled plot, complex characters and adrenaline-fuelled action, Klay opens our eyes to the globalised nature of modern conflict - The Times Review Quote Missionaries is an urgent, detailed, compassionate and quietly furious novel about America and her Forever Wars. Intensely readable, exciting, funny and heartbreaking - it will change you Promotional "Headline" A sweeping, momentous novel that shines a light on war, and the individual lives that go on long after the drones have left the skies, from the National Book Award-winning author of Redeployment Details ISBN1838852352 Author Phil Klay Pages 416 Year 2021 ISBN-10 1838852352 ISBN-13 9781838852351 Publication Date 2021-06-03 UK Release Date 2021-06-03 Format Paperback Place of Publication Edinburgh Country of Publication United Kingdom AU Release Date 2021-06-03 Illustrations No Imprint Canongate Books Publisher Canongate Books Edition Description Main DEWEY 813.6 Audience General NZ Release Date 2021-11-29 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:132106738;

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