{"product_id":"spoils-9780316316163","title":"Spoils","description":"It 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lee Boudreaux Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/18\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780316316163\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.30w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2016 pg. 55\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/06\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2017 pg. 30\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2017 pg. 28\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2017 pg. 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/05\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Brian Van Reet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44988133834933,"sku":"9780316316163","price":31.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_7cf49fde-5b43-4a9d-bb47-ac551b5f1d14.jpg?v=1735626323","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/spoils-9780316316163","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}