{"product_id":"spoils","title":"Spoils","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eSpoils\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eBrian Van Reet\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780316316163\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eLee Boudreaux Books\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2017\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst Edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e304\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eIt is April 2003. American forces have taken Baghdad and are now charged with winning hearts and minds. But this vital tipping point is barely recognized for what it is, as a series of miscalculations and blunders fuels an already-simmering insurgency intent on making Iraq the next graveyard of empires. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In dazzling and propulsive prose, Brian Van Reet explores the lives on both sides of the battle lines: Cassandra, a nineteen-year-old gunner on an American Humvee who is captured during a deadly firefight and awakens in a prison cell; Abu Al-Hool, a lifelong mujahedeen beset by a simmering crisis of conscience as he struggles against enemies from without and within, including the new wave of far more radicalized jihadists; and Specialist Sleed, a tank crewman who goes along with a \"victimless\" crime, the consequences of which are more awful than any he could have imagined. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Depicting a war spinning rapidly out of control, destined to become a modern classic, \u003ci\u003eSpoils\u003c\/i\u003e is an unsparing and morally complex novel that chronicles the achingly human cost of combat. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"The finest Iraq War novel yet written by an American\"-\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, 10 Best Novels of the Year \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"An electrifying debut\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e) that maps the blurred lines between good and evil, soldier and civilian, victor and vanquished.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Lee Boudreaux Books","offers":[{"title":"Spoils | Brian Van Reet | Hardcover | 9780316316163 | Used: Like New | Fiction 1716417","offer_id":48753957470360,"sku":"1716417","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/81nDtq0dbeL.jpg?v=1774070721","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/spoils","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}